The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-08-16
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b9ost TO be shared ea which lyas 90 dSns %
given &c they were thu etrIsd INTO
deep water, bnrs Ihy ,in Pie boat I
had to keep the beach clear H = tlEse fgscals,
and / empfied MS. elephant ffifie eau ~
relied shotgun, and ,.refof Them,
while the met. swan with the Don't "a, sliore
Ii, d water Infested with Stotodl |es. pneeI
OF .tIs, Thank fortune. were injured but
each Of Us had s6me narrow. escape 70 relate
from whiting spears and 4, arroSYs.I ,,yl !-a,s
SINE ] feft Zanzibar hive travelled Nv
miles by land and 1,094 miles (by computa:-
tfomf by1waser. This in six months IL good
wosG! Orer100, positions settled by astro-
nomical OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES you must know
that from the very day Igot my commission
] streDuously; prepared to tit myseh ior' geo
graphical work, in; order that misht pc
able to complete .Speke, Barten, baker, ant \
LiYiRgstone's labors, which they iei1 ~ un.
done, = Now ,Speke's work ia, done. what
he. commenced I have finished Il L do not
know whether you comprehend the drill OF
this ,expedition, but Twill eXpiain., Il .'ff
a.. You must. know, that Spoke III 1858 came
to the southwest end OF Lake Victoria, and
IRON a; hill nnar the lake be discovered the
vast hoiy Of, fresh water. Having gazed
Ills gu, he returned. to, England, and, was
commissioned, to lind its outlet -int Is6l
and 1862 he marched from Zanzibar to
Ugawa, when he saw the lake Again.. LAt
the Ripon Falls he-saw the lake discharge
itself into the Victoria Nile, and went home
again, imagining that he had done his work.
III his work was merely to find the outlet OF
lake Victoria. he completed hfs task but il
his task was to discover! the sources Of the
Nile. he had but begun his work. He
went away without discovering tile feed
ers OF Lake Victoria, which in reality
are! the Niles tsourees-extrenie south
ern sources, I mean. Then Baker, came TO
Central Africa and discovered Lake Albert.
He voyaged sixty miles on the lake, and ne
ran home also without Knowing anything OF
the lakes sources. Burton went to Iara-
ganika, saw it, and, returned home WlthouC
knowing its extent, outlet or aflpents. LlV-
it,cstone came next to the chain OF lakes
Vest Of Tarasanika, and died nobly in har-
ness. 5WeH, we are sent, to complete what
these several travellers have begun. While
they are content with having discovered
lakes, I must be content with exploring
these lakes and discovering their sources,
and 'unrayelling tho complications OF geo
eraphers at home. 1T IS n mighty work, but
fourth Of tint work is already done. Tn
It'll I can say I have done the half / bid you
farewell -:'a HENRY NJ. oTAhl.hf'
T. It would seem as il this werethc clearest
statement which the young explorer has
made since he was first heard from after his
long silence. One of the concluding para
i.araDhs in the letter seems to Indicate that
Stanley viii protract his stay in Africa De-
! yond the time originally intended. Ills the
! ory has always been that white man may
with impunity attempt African. exploration
! il he does not stay too long at time In the
country. For instance, he was wont to say
! that at the end of two years man must go
home and get reyitalized. He was inclined
to believe that Livingstone had much In
| 1ured his powers for good work by re
manning too long in Africa. ct
now he himself evidently contemplates
remaining much more than two years, and
doing vast amount of work which he had
not originally intended. Perhaps he. has
found the climatic dangers less than he fan
cicd they would be, although l remember
that when he left on this second expedition
he spoke of some slight misgiyinss us to the
possibility of his safe return He has GER
tainly had some miraculous escapes, and
fought several battles which are not to be
despised. knowing how interesting the
personal narrative of famous explorer
usually il I have ventured to send you these
details Just as they were written in the IA
miliar vein OF private correspondence. l;;, :
.ss. EDWARD KING.