, 1876-09-29


Equator1Al Afrlca-ilow tho Great Travel
or Treated tho Nnttvcs.
Edinbarah Scuts1Aan. SEPT. Q.
The announcement that Commander Cameron
was to read d paper on his Journey through
equatorial Africa drew large aud fashionable
aualcncc to the Quccn's Roons,-tllu meeting
place of the Geographical Sceto,i,-wllere Capt.
EYnns occupied The chair.
Commander Cameron, who explained his re-
Marks by reference to lurEc chart, pulnted out
in the first Instance his route from zauzibar
westward, round the Tanganylka to Bcngucla.
lis thereafter gave dramatic account Of Ills
Journey, OF the places through which ho passed
or at which lie touched, Of thu geographical and
geological formation Of Tic line Of country over
which lie Travelled. md Of tho character and
productions and trrslc. The result OF Its Jour-
i,cy was he sat almost definitely to settle tho
line VI the Central African rivers and lakes. Ti1e
tn cli[ct products OF Centsaf Africa nt the pres
Arabs and Portuguese traders who hal pcnc-
tratCu tntD thu country carried Oh the ivory
trade principally rs Oil accompaniment To tlclr
search for Slaves. 1twns tho Portuguese chiefly
Denguela on tho west coast, willie tho Arabs
ronabg frn'n the east coast had penetrated weIl
Into tho ccutro Of tile country, to tic west Ut
The TAngnnyka, and evcn 80 lnr north rs to
hear news u the Arab and Turk tra.tcrs who
descended from the Iurth upon thu .Albort aud
Victoria N'yanza, ntso III search of Ivory and
slaves. Before reaching Tanganyika, he saw
nustncgs and tho poppy, a'd this part nf tho
country seemed to b. rleil IN mineral products.
were largu copper mines, from which thu portu-
g,,cse traIcrs dsew supplies. In the Tangauyika
country cOal wns to be found. Clnllabar
was to he got ut Calc1nba, among the SOURCES Ut
tic many rivera there, and tin was found On the
ali NJ n1:b FnaSar1- TIM
we'll along tho wl!ole castern coast an1 along
thu Tanganyika, au.i rice in several plarcs
grew IN Wild luxur[atltc,-in one ycar, us lie was
told, 1t returned hundrcd'fold nstlrr cultlYa-
Cotto,, too, grew well III tnany parts-all along
tho valley Of tho Congo, Lualaba, and Xambezl.
III one ol thu ls!ands OF the 1angunytk4 he
fund hemp growing to great lcls4t. The
vast slave ile.tl, alll there would BE- no grcat
nayigable difficulties In thu why Ut open
Ing it up. All tho vurluus products Eu
had mentioned wcre there lying waiting fur any
to stop the slave tsa.ie is to op9I up TIC great
River Congo mil Its sister islycr xunbezi.
They could gct right aeross tho Continent by
system Of water navigation which had ut seeunl
ii the world, aud BY these H. rivers a1so they
drew the greater part u Its Ivory. hut ivory
was not tlu chief wcaltl. Ut Africa; it WIS her
vegetable and mineral products, untl education
would 1tlake her people very Industrious, which
BY tic slave trade, II any large scheme were
ffa,ncu to utilize this gr6at water comuuniea-
tiun, Africa might be- opened up III two OF three
ycars OF course money WAS wanted, and oxen
10 work. [Applnuse.1
Tho President thought tho mccttng would be
glad II Commander Calnurun would Inform
iAem by what gentle n.ca1ss ho was enabled to
tass through Afrira without coming into hos.ile
contact with the natives.
r1nrf1 n gn1 fhHp
bcr that u nan, although black, was always
u,an as much as q white tuar.-Tapplausel,- land
tho proper way to get un With tic natives was to
boilaye like gentleman, and to remember that
liz ulso very we'll knew tliat any force be might
use unnecessarily u uuwnrrnntal,ly would tliost
likely rctafu tho advance and elltlaiigrr tho SAFE
" Of Ills successors In African truyel, iAp-