The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-03-27
STAN LEY.
His New Discoveries as to the
Sources Of the Nile. :
WHERE THE WATER COMES FROM.
Another Feeder Of the Great
Egyptian River.
A THIRD NIYANZA.
It EmpHes Into the Victoria as the
Victoria Does Into the Albert.
THE ALEXANDRA NILE.
A Compliment 10 Her Royal nighness the
Princess Of Wales.
PREVA LENCE on A SMALLPOX EpTDEMIC AT HILL
It Empies Into the Victoria as the
Victoria Does Into the Albert.
THE ALEXANDRA NILE.
A Compliment 10 Her Royal llishness the
Princess Of Wales.
PREVALENCE OF A SMALLPOX EPIDEMIC At UJIJL


UJuI, August TO- 1877.
Ismai. Khedivs Of Egypt, Is reported to have said
that all travellers up the Nile generally returned with
tho statement that OF the Nile had been
discovered The publisher OF tho report, doubt
thought that His Highness poking sly fun at the
dscoverera Whether II was the case or not, must
inform His Hgbness, through the columns or tho New
YORK HERALD and Daily Telegraph, that he can pride
himself upon being sovereign Of a country whose
great rvcrs several have, and do s task tho
them that his river has one but several sources
that one main source discovered by james Bruce,
and called The Blue Milo; that another was discovered
by spoke and Grant, and called tho Victoria Nyanza,
and that another was discovered by Samuel Baker
sailed by him tho Albert Nyanza, but that these gen.
ilcmen did not, could, exhaust tho discoveries
Of tho sources Of this noble river. Perhaps the
facts which sond you Of q new source will COM
pol His Highness to exclaim, "Eh! what do SEQ
nows Another new sourccs Can It be possible that
the Nile has not yet been exhausteds" Coud ancient
Nilus reply to him could fancy him saying, .'And
how many Of my sources did thy grim grandsire No.
manned ALL or his sons Ibrahim and Ismnil discover
And what hast thou done with all thy power, who
came and what trouble have had to travel :ar to
water thy gardens and fields and sustain thee and
peoples Ingrates Of Egypt! which Of yc all have
thought II worth while to nnd came, that
" mipht honor mo ns should he honoredp If nv
special favor merely, whisper few OF my to
strangers from afar and permit them to few Of
my wondrous and sweet fountains and nowery beds,
what 10 II to theeS Art thou envous Of like honor?
Then seek at my many homes under tho Equator -
II HIS Highness will accept my answer re.
spcctiuly bog him to glance over this lcter and to
read these few remarks have now tho honor mako
respecting the known the Kagcra, Ingezl.
or Kltaugule, or Nawarango, which, according to the
natives Of Kaagwe and Uganda. Is called tho Mother
Of tho River at Jinja, or tho Victoria Nile.
WHAT IS SOURCE givERY
People differ, appears, to the exact ssnincation
Of the sourco Of n river and travellers jealous Of
their credit for discovery have sometimes assisted to
make tho moaning uncertain stay-at homes,
on whom devolvcs the duty Of toniny down tho exu-
berant enthusiasm OF travellers, generally agreed
that Is the main head, origin or extremity, whence
the principal supply is obtained as spring, fountain,
marsh lake; it may be that tho is created by
a series Of these, that main tributary followed
to Its extreme end, and that end, whatever 1t be- is
called the source of the river.
Spoke, II remember rightly, asks somewhat pet
lishly In one OF his books, "what should be called
the source OF rivera lake which receives tho in
great outlet tho tributaries which the lake col.
ecs or the clouds which supply these tributaries with
waters" In my opinion II we go on ut this rato we
might proceed still further and ask, cor tho moisture
and vapors which tho clouds absorb or the ocean
which supplies these vapors and moistures" II these
questions permitted, why should explorers 60 into
such trouble 10 discover of rivers when every
child s perfectly we'll acquainted with the Of
al rivorss II remember the true sgniHcation OF
''source," IL is easy to understand why Bruce and
Spoke and Baker all returned home each with new
source ofth Nile, and why send you description Of
another source OF the Nile.
THE MILK nxsERvoIRs or spEKE AND GRANT.
Spoke and Baker both writo about "rcservors OF the
Lake, and while accompanied by Grant, discovered
ths Victoria Milo The Victoria Lake Is a magnificent
extent Of water, o chart OF which, tho result o;
sircumnavigation Of IT, sent you some timo ago. 1t
In 40 6coa Of hjrh
very important Tho shmccyu is 200 miles In length
from It's source to It's exit tho lake. Tho Acxan
ORA Nile has (as yet dscovcred) length of30 miles,
and perhaps many more. Tho Shimccyu might DO
compared to the Thames, and drains of the water
which falls into Il from extensive plains, forests and
slopes Of platoaus but tho Alexandra Milo exceeds In
volume oven in tho dry season, tho Thames and Sew
srn united, and the color and purity OF its water prove
that must either tako It's rise far the westward Of
the Tangan'ka that It's course Is so intercepted ny
some lake whcro its waters were purified Invcstigat
Ing the cause discovered there was lake Of consd
cradle extent, known by different names.
Spoke, after visiting the outlet OF the Victoria Lake
and travelling somo distance down In Its descent
norshcrly aud westerly. returned home and alter
fatal accident deprived the Geographical Society Of
one Of the most interchangeable or explorers
SIR SAMUEL BAKERS LAKES
Sir Samuel Baker, hearing from Spoke and Grant OF
Tho existence Of lake west Of Unyoro. proceeded 10
that noId and fortunately discovered another magnn
con. lake. called BY tho wanyoro Luta N'xgc; by tho
waganda, Mu.a Mzgc; by tho wasagara, NyanJa Tn.
yoro; BY tho wapyambu, sometimes nil three; to