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the mastership OF navigation CHANGING cur
sorily at the conduct Of recent African re-
searchos we may shy that tho pioneers OF In
ycstiuation have for the most part, been men OF
Anglo-Saxon brood. but TINT the scientific fruits
of tho new fields have as frequently been
cleaned by Germans. Some Englshmcn. how
ever may be named who have brought To- the
work Of discovery accomplishments not less
vnricd and accurate than those of Naehtgal,
Rohlfs. and Schweinfurth. and. perhaps. fore
most among them should bee placed Commander
CAMERON. whose narrative OF his journey
Across Africa has Just been published 10y the
Harpers.
The expedition whose largo results are set
forth in this volume WIS officially called the
Livingstone East Coast Expedition and was
designed as the name implies. for the relief OF
that famous traveller. who from the tenor of
Stancy's dispatches. was supposed 10 be sick
and destitute Of supplies in the neigiborhood
OF Lake Tanganyika. Tho commend of the car
AVIAN was ntrustel by its outAuors the Royal
Geographical Society TO Lieut.. V. L. Cameron.
anovico in African exploration. but who since
1857. when he entered the Royal navy at the age
OF thirteen. had earned the name OF an energetic
and accomplished officer. and who. during his
service in the Rod Sea and on the east coa-t of
Africa. had acquired much pertinent iutorma-
aheli tongue, which seems t. bc a sort Of
iengua Fanca throughout large part oi
the region he was expected to traverse. Tho
young officer. whose sole ton proved to be a
stroke Of singular good fortune, besides pos
sessing an adequate Acquaintance with botany
geology, and natural history. was Of course pro-
ncient In the taking OF Astronomical ohs'rya-
tons and In tho use ot meteorological in-tru-
mcnts. We may add that he had given evidence
OF a scicntih, bent by n transmuon of Admiral
Butakors Noreues bases lie 'd.tqts ndr1le. \
and by the publication of an original mono
graph on Steamer Tactics la the present
expedition he was accompanied hy Naval sur
Geon Dillon. and soon after his arrival at Itnli-
bar. the starting point. Lieut. Murphy OF the
Royal Artillery. and Mr. VI Nat. p nephew Of
Livingstones, joined him us volunteers.
The first part Of Cameron's journey from
Bagamoyo to tho TanganyiNa. must hc very
briefly scanned in order to follow him soma
what closely when he leaves the trail Of other
travellers and strikes out for himself a path
through a hitherto unknown reg. Like IT,
predecessors this expedition encountered iuuu-
mcrablo delays on the mainlani If Zanzibar
: and some months elapsed before the ne,dul
humber OF astari tsolliers AM donkey drivers
and paoati negro portars) could br secured
At last on the 18th NJ March 1873. Cameron left
the coast. and during his march miami t.
Uihi met with all the obstacles which
Bnrton smoke. md stnnlev haye sas,rihrl
Fsver in narticular greatly retarded ,h. march
n, tho caravan ami vonny N,r.t who fl.
having ho,n horn in Nfri,a. ni,bt hnv.l,.an
exnactad IN host withstand IN. .limata wa. the
0rst IN sueonmb dviny aiter t,v, n,,nti-' ~.
nosura The three o,h,r r,r,na,rs r.,. hal
tJnyanvernbe in August and there again Ind
been detained several month"; bv si.knessand
The din,cul,v of ob,aininp a new surnlv of nor.
tors when in Orober thov received the .ter,-
ling news that Liyinrstona's sofyanfs war.. ON
their road IN the cna.t ,rah ia. h,lvof ,h.ir
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