The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-06-01
FOR SCIENCES SAKE
Lieut. CamerOn's story of His African
JOuFney-ImpOrfant Information
Gathered.

At the banquet given to this brave
explorer on his arrival at IiverpooI he
gave this brief summary of his travels:
left England on the Both of Novem-
Der, 1872, and went to Zanzibar with
Sir Bartle FreTe's mission. There were
tour of us-myself, Mr.. Murphy, DIR.
Dillon and Mr.. MOffatt, a nephew of
Livingstone, who was too young for the
hardship of the journey. After great
deal of difficulty in getting men, started
with my first caravan IN company with
DIR. Dillon in March, 1873, leaving Muir
ply and MOffatt behind. MOfatt I'M
fortunately died before he TejOined us.
but Murphy went on with us over
countries travelled through before by
Burton and Spoke and Stanley, to I'm
yanyembe. Here DR.. Dillon was taken
i'll and had to go back, and l had difficult
ties with some of the natives, who offered
opposition. Let me say here that it was
not with the better class of Arabs, whom
have found to be in the best sense of
the word, gentlemen. On Livingstone's
body coming in, Dillon and Murphy
went back with it, and / after much de-
lay, travelled by the same rout as Burton
and Stanley to Ujiji. There I met
Arabs again and received aid at their
hands. L spent over two months there
IN surveying Tanganyika, and after
rounding its southern end I found out
what L always thought there must be
an outlet on its western shore Thence
went to NyangWe, Livingstone's fur
thest, and found out that this outlet
the Lualaba, which is really the head
waters of the COnga. After in vain try
ing to get boats l went with an Arab
Hamed ib-Hamed, to his camp to try to
work my way to Lake Sankarra, into
which the Lualaba falls; but the chief
on the opposite bank refused a passage.
L then worked away to the south to
where L thought there were Portuguese
traders and the country of KasoDga.
who is chief of Urna. ] found another
Arab, Jumahibn-Salim, who was very
kind to me. Here l fell in with a Por-
tugese subject named Aloiz, who said he
was going direct to the coast; but he was
unreliable and delayed me more than six
months. During that time I was able
10 visit one lake and to see another
named Congo. l afterwards followed
down the water parting between the
Lambesl and the Congo, until | got into
the Congo basin and my examination
enables me to say that they constitute
one of the most magnificent systems of
internal water communications in the
world. The Tanganyika and the Congo
could be Joined for the purpose of navi-
cation by a canal thirty miles in length.
The riches of the country are unspeak-
able, and could not attempt to describe
them now; but l am sure that the CEN
tire of Africa, especially on the west side
OF the Tanganyika, is destined one day
to be the scene of civilization and pro-
ductive trade. From its mineral wealth
and agricultural capabilities it will be
one of the granaries of the world and the
scene of iron manufactures when other
parts of the world have been worked out
and If my journey does anything towards
fastening the opening up of this part of
Africa L shall consider myself amply re-
paid.