, 1877-10-11

We NHtl R0Vl CNHsc III fnlS FlFrTr
for In mIdstrenm NO Ind the sccond toughest
fight Of ali. A. fleet Of ennocs, t1ity.lour In
nurn',er, came down on .in with such deter
mined fcroctty that four Of our canoes begnn TO
give var and run, Onc Of tho tne1ny'a cai,oes
contained over eighty pa'lalcrs; a platform st
the bow, for tho best warriors, held ten men;
eight atcersn,en, with ten:foos paddles, ateered
The grent war.scssel; while from stem TO stesn
there ran broad p!aukinE, along which the
PRINCIPAL chiefs danced mp and down, giving re-
i,carsal to What they proposed TO do With us.
10 half an hour tho light vas decided. In our
favor, OF eourse. Of We sloud not write 10 you
to-day. This great atfluent puzzies nc good
,leai. @ Gan 4 possibly come from tho Albert
rin. n. fat. separate lake, giving birth to th!s
atlnent Of the Lllnlsbaf 0r Ia It merely the
Wele of Sehwelnfurthi
NO NEws FROM EUROPE.
The people ut home tan hest baT which It Is,
Tor an Nna lsn9rant Ct everything tat as trsns.
ava aS M .ne
of a lew IAustrated london Nt7as, sent TO mc by
ismailia; but these contained no geographical
news.
II Gordon pasha and his officers hare explor-
cd the Albert NiYanxa, a. Col. do DeIlefofids
informed me tlev we're about to DO, tho gues::
tion ID easily answered as regards the Albert
number numb Of HYPOTHESIS Without s III beins s eensnrea
sts no.sSy ' 1sserVoif VII q ~ lbs fis Ns
s.n' Il. Rst vsfods se 81 th' GSsSgo .sat tst
sach 1af,oslous toll, not unacc9mpante,l
only reservoir Of the Nile, hut Of the Congo;
anu proceed In t'l!s strain until everything II
that Col. dc Delcfo,ls had something to aar
about the uncestatnty-putting Il nf!dlJ-of 9ir
enmucl Rakcr's discoveries. But, a. ! remarked
oe II s At en- es, aef
news from all points, and the best thug an e1
ploser Gnu lo Is to leave II all To them.
INACCURATE MAPS AND CHARTS.
Another thing must hint to you about--for,
as told you. this Is letter q note written
vcrv hurrtcdly, upon very exciting. occaton:1
cannot enter Into details toH-s the incorrect
ness, or rather the infamous fnaccnracy, Of tho
be 10 blame, after all but, II he can produce IFS
authority and the source Of hia information, ho
is saved from tho scrious charge Of having pub
llshetl much Of hfs work upon hearsay. without
Imagine Capt. Tuckey to be Responsible for
| these errors. should much rather ncc,ise por.
tnguese traders. who might be presumed TO 10
very uncertain about the meaning Of the words
nothing that can be seen on your map Of Vest
I ern Africa twenty miles east u Yeliala Falls p
correct. It ID q simple SHOW of names thai
hear nothing about and wild wavy Linz, mark
90. We havs also Iuat aboye the Fails Of Ye1lala
4 skotch Of river four Or i've miles wide, with
islauls, tho whole of which / ahall he able to
show you IL sheer nonsense, and anybody who
self bY pcraonal Investigation. Besides the
| enormous amount OF internal satisfaction he
will receive, le will hare plcasans t1ve da5s'
walk through picturesque country.
rATAL nRHonA IN THE MAPS.
You will l,c surprised and grteveta to hear,
however. that to these errors On this map.
owe the loss Of ono of the most gentle souls,
| and wfthal one Of the bravest,-Francts 1'o-
I zbz 4A9fft f&AaH r1f rt%U $avn
nasrow escapes Of myself. the LOSS Of about
$4,000 worth Of ivory, twelve canoes, n mu-
tiny OF my command, and the almost total
ruin of the expedition. bcsites dfslocated limbs,
btuiscs without number, and wearing anxiety
during five months which has made nc an old
5or Ar i oRnAr psL1vrRANcs.
But the gracfous God bc thanked: WHO has
Jaws of leath"! No arc now safe, and Tho
merchants on the West Coast are doing THUR
very best to make us feel at home. About sixty
OF my people are suffering severely from scarvy,
o feiio" % last lsed e rsas a oseau Anothsi
tas 0ore mad for Joy and Aae taken to tho bls>.
and become lost. and myaclf am 30 ,prostratct'
| with weakness that must once again ask you
to excuse me for few days.
llEsar NJ. STANLEY,
Conducting Anglo American Expedition.
DUPLICATES or LETTER BENT Hr STANLEY 70
xAnz1DAK PROM NrANowE, IN CARE or AN
| ARAB MERCHANT. ....... ...a
NYAaaws MANYHxA, Central Africa, OFT. 80,
.1s70.-1o Ms Eaitors ef Tia Neg liork Herald and
lie Loatton Daily Telegraph: In rcpacking my
baggage and reducing It for Our journey 10 the
unknown regions west Of here came aesosa Sfr
Samuel nakcs'e letter. given BY Cir Bastle Fferc
to the Iimes had forgotten nll about the let
ter, otherwise should tavo written to you long
ago, hut It IL not yet too late, as no doubt Hlt
Samuel baker has published Ills book and main
talna the same theories diyu'ged IN thia letter:
Perhaps absence from Atrlea has but dccpencd
| his impression, aud cu1kud hinl At last to be.
llcvc hsa theories to be facts.
You may be able to compare these relnarka
with such as ho may have made in ILLS book.
Albc,t Ntyan.a: Cone1atulste Mr: Findlay from
continuation of TangauyIka. had frequent con
variations with two nstlve merchant Of hsfagWc,
atoy '9 kns
Ksrasws by bout VIA the M'wuoi.n Nzlge (AlbeF
N!ysnza). They acscrIbc tho lake ~ immensclJ
manner. In soma places It narrows suddenly. and
then sgain enlarRes 70 great width. For retutf
voyage from Mas.'ndi 70 KaEag"s b1lafe the ucr'
Hasindl, Two days' march west to Chlpero, OF
Tho Albert Niyanza. From Chlteto, BY boat, yot
tnyoro,, Kabbts5ou, TaMbooki, M'foruto thon
stops}. snd In Two days overland march east yol
ses Tsa csDsog = @:tS
Ujiji i. wcl known to be on tbs M'woot.n Mig
| IL Vti A''Sst 4s'JA1@A'
An ABSURD THEORY pIsroAEp Or.
Thcsc statements wnula not need reply wcre
they merely utl natlyo authority Instead o
having tho hgh support Of Sir Samuel Baker
remember that thc 'lrst tins read the latte
felt somewhat "llhshed y at tho long list o
native names which Str samuel set forth a
names OF stations which were said 10 link tn
two interchangeable and tho Albert. fher,
were manY Ind nuver heard Of, md, ta dis
prove the nattgo eytlence furnished by Bukcr
hesldes my owl exploration Of the north cud Q
the IanEanytka, better knowledge Of I'll,
localities OF ihcsc stations was Desirable, whicl
ain happy to say have obsalned by my lat
explorations in tho rcgtou between Lako
Victoria and Albert.
Alter tho names Of the stations according t
Str j. Baker. ha adds; ''bcyond Aachoond
tho merchants know nothing, except That III
lako cxtsnAa to tho south for IN unknown
distsncc.r
It was plain to ma that air Samuel placed 10
much confidence In nattye information, Tor, alas
have had . scora OF ttn,es sucl HooI cause /
llvtsust all native aud Arab Information that
have malu II . rule to take everything ~ doubt
| ful.
RATHER MsxkD,