The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-09-22

all Of his African discoveries have been
more or less sensational inventions for the
purpose Of increasing the circulation OF the
HgdM. their Importance being 40 grossly
cXa rgorntcd that when they came to hC mai
rowlv examined they produced n reaction
against both the explorer and his employ
crs The consequence IL, that now when he
haA really accomplished u great work. there
will hc strong tendency on the part Of the
public to deprccatc it, and to dstrust its
accuracy. All this Mr.. STANLEY will owe to
the sclf-intcrostcd and blatant advocacy
which has attempted Ia impose it's own
Ignorance upon that Of the world at large.
Before Mr.. STANLEY had accomplished
anything worthy Of note In Africa in the
way Of geographical discovery, the Her0h
had placed him in the front rank ~ Afri-
can explorers" We have been repeatedly
informed during the past two years that his
| achievements threw those Of SrEKE, GRANT.
and LIVINGSTONE into the shade. Now that
he has really placed himself in the same
category with these distinguished travel
lrrs, 1t would have been moro judicious in
the HcraH to trust to this fact being proper
ly appreciated by all gcographcrs, a. it GER
tainy will bc instead OF again Haunting
covcrics which it tried to force upon the
public when it had nothing better to Offer.
Once for all, now that Mr.. STANLEY
has done 50 much. we desire clearly
to point out what hc has not done. His
reputation will not hc injured If we dispose
Of the false claims which the Herdid makes
for him.
In the first place he did not make the
discovery that the Lualaba was not the
Milo This was expressly suggested
10y LIVINGSTONE and was established
10y CAMERON, who proved that it was
twcnty-four hundred feet below the level
of the Nile; that its volume was five
times greater by cubic feet measurement at
NyangwG than that OF the Nile at Condo
kuru. eight degrees further north; and that
il could not be the Nile without crossing the
Wclle river at right angles, II geographical
feat which no stream has yet accomplished.
All this was perfectly well known before
Mr.. STANLEY ever saw the Lualaba; aud on
all recent maps the course Of the Congo
is indicated by dotted limo from
Nyangw6 to the sea Not vcstigc Of
Il doubt remained in the mind Of any
gcographcr that the Lualaba and the Congo
were the same river. For this reason Mr.
| STANLEY cannot bc said TO have discover
Ell this fact He merely traced u river
which was known 10 be- the Congo,
! through region which was unknown. The
HerdM uptlushingly tells us that "Mr.
STANLEY discovered the kagccra river" and
the Akinyara lake. He did neither the one
nor the other. Capt SPIKE and Capt. GRANT
discovered. sounded, and partially surveyed
the kaRcrra river and manned the Akiuva-
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