, 1877-02-10
Visit to King M'tosa---" Naked
Truths Of Naked People,"
Early Times in Sangamon County, ILL.,
Tho Deep Snow" and "Tho
Sudden Change"
Trial by Jury.-.Dickens' Works".-
Science.a.Primers-..Poems
OF Places.
Longesl.J Of Snalls Without FQod.--stst.nuildfng
Observation-Disclosures
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LITERATURE.
CENTRAL AFRICA.
CENTRAL AFRICA: NAMED Tnr7Hs Or NAkEn |
resIEv AZ ar hSp pn
N!An.NiAx, WEI o., q 1"s g., bAnn.f;t.AnrAn, Ian
s'p1; stsSss Sss, csssso sEs aisS @ ts
On Tho departure Of Col. c. y. Gordon, c. D.,
OF the Royal Engineers Of tho EnEllsll army,
from Cairo for Golllokoro, tho scat Of govern
ment Of tho Equatorial Provinces Of Egypt,
over which lie hal been appointed Governor OH
tic resignation Of Sir Samuel Baker, Col. Long,
m American and southcrner, who had been
somo ycars an officer OF tho General Stall Of
Tho Egyptian army, was designated ia Chief Of
STAFF OF the expedition. Tho party put them,
selves en- route for Gondokoro Fcb. n, 1915,
travelling by railroad to sucz, thence by steamer
to Sonak,tn, on tho Rcd SEQ, and by camel across
tho dcsoft traet Of eS3 miles between suez antl
Dcrber, on tho Milo, and from there On to
Khartoum by sail. Tho Journey from Cairo to
this last point was accomplished In twenty days
md without any uncommon adventure.
After stay OF Few days In Ki.artou,n, now
city Of between q, 600 and $1,000 inhabitants,
the route wis resumed to Oondokoro, 1000
miles nbovc, OH tue Whito Nile. The river was
now naylgnb1o oil tho way by stcamcr,-the
mass Of matted grass which entirely obstrlctcd
the passage OF Sir Samuel Baker, III 1870, f.avlng
been very recently removed. Tho tremendous
task had been performed by battalion u
Boudan soldiers, untcr tho command OF tic
Govcrnor.Oencr OF KhartouM. "Thc un-
a. .I,. tfvtt NJ pnn al mi
after three weeks Of tnlefatiRablo labor,
yielded to tho efforts Of the devoted
bnud, rnany Of whom, fell prey TO The malorla7
malignant fevcrs, and dyscntery, or. living still,
arc Victims to tho dread 'guInca-worm,' that In
fcsts tho water md tnarsles Of thca9 rivers. At
the moment that tho tightly-wcdged mass Of
god gavu way, mass Of hippopotnmi, With
which tic river from this point to It's source
WIS wonderfully full, wore borne in its inextrl-
cable embrace, pressed IN and crushed to Jelly,
whilst tho air resounJed With their hoErM and
terrified ronrs. A Milo boat was carried away at
the same time, md disappeared beneath the
crash Of sod,' that now with severed fragments
was to drift away with tho current"
A limo Of soren steamers uE light draft, which
had been brought from England by sir Samuel
Baker, was at this time established on tho river,
to ply regularly between k!artouM aud don-
servico OF tho Equatorial ProyI,iccs. The
passaro to tho latter post was made l'y
the expedition in twe.lty'slx days. The country
through which tho Nile runs, from Fn,hoda, nn
outpost OF tho Khastoum Government, to Gnu-
doknro, Is described rs "a seA Of lnulshcs," a
wasto Of pcstlfcr0us swampcd lnoruss, III wlosc
ssblaek sinking mud" tbs river pcrpciually
crocodiles and hlppopotamI, and its shores ara
peop!cd with herds Of elephants and buffalo:.
Tile 1oars Of thu hippopotam! nru suld by Col.
Long to be tho only Sounds breaking Tue "tcr-
LIN. -lIo. II ~sHlzfn rErtS
Goadokoro, situated on the right bank Of tho
river, which rises about tcn feet ubove the cvul
Of tho water. Is military ohsatnpment Of stray
"looks out unop q country nut unprturcsQue,
tho nluulitains IN tho distance; the 4rasstnv.
cred land, dotted here md there by tall, stately
ag.ass5
change from thu long stretea Of n.onotouoll;
scenery lying north Of It. Tho eurampr,cn
waa reached the Tan Of April: at"l, three d"y.
hurry up the rcar-vuard Of tho expedition, II
whose charge wcro thu baggage and supplies y
'tlie cntire marty. Being. In ttc nbscnce OK hi
superior o!lleer, 10 soMnano o. tl9 H. situation
longing eyos TO the un1lscoyered country sui
rounding tho source Of tue Milo. flo burned Il
mid hia liame to tho Long and honorable list O
uuvunturcta who hal shared III tho h0noss O
opening up to thu world unexrlorcd portions Q
Col. uortlon ha!b !bcen Informed ot hts arden
deslEe to engage !n tlIis work, a,ltl had nluls y
existing circumstances utterly itnrragtisab's
With 10 ono to oppose tho achrme, Col. Lon
rcsoluteiy entered upon tts cxccut!ut,. TIL
lung wet season Of s'x months ~, was ]9s. begun e.
from Witch to draw slPp!cai aud only tW
company. Yet, in tl,c taco Of these cmbaryas
ncnls,.-cIther VI which wis enough to Insur
tin faflnrH ~ htA rutErDr8r. tho ntublt1Oua III