, 1877-04-21
Brevets in the English aud
American Armies.--Ency-
clopmdfa Of Chem.
istry.
Thomas Edward, the Scotch Natu.:
ralat-Art-Gos Gossip---A Gen.
. tenarian.
Flora Round About Chicago...The
Parsley, Family (Umbellifer@).
A Remarkable Bird-Story---Notcs
on Various Scientific
Topics.
LITERATURE.
CAMERON IN AFRICA.

LITERATURE.
CAMERON IN AFRICA.
ACROSS AFRICA. By VEnsrr. LoyErr cAH-
9S Ehns' '"nii.t M n.. IT. ,ntx nr
Wjth Numerous i,ustfntt1ns. New York: tlar.
Per 4 Dsost chtcago' liaalcy bros. y Co.; nna
sehsen' a. "es'uf9 q eo' oFo'' Pp' ''o' A''~s'
1icut. con,cron hai, 1ons, ,,ccn desiring TO as.
..t Ia tho wnrt ~ c,pIor,nc Africa. aud sun.
nrpsaI,o the ,nfon,on. slarr:trndo extensively
,arric, mn IN lin Interior. when he was ap-
nofntcd bv tho Royal Geographical Society to
tbe con,,nnpi Of t}ia second Livingstone search
cxuc,1ttton. II ,rns the p,truoso OF this cxpc-
,,rtIm, 10 convey 10 tho great African explorer,
from whom the Inst Intelligence had been
brought by Stanley, the aid Of men and means
with which 10 complete his htiN unen,s1lea
discoveries. Lieut.. Cameron, with his assistant,
pr. ". E. Dillon, set out from England on
the aoth Of November, 1871, md reached Znt,-
xtbar, The point Of departure for tho interior. In
the following january. -Four months and tnoTo
were consumed In securing men and preparing
tho outfit for tho journey across tho country to
unynyetnbo.
Tho total strength Of tho expedition nt4oun.ctl
at the start to nbout 250 persona, tlirky.1yc Of
whom were ashari, OF soldiers, nnd 200 parazi,
or carriers and servants. There wcrr also
twenty-five dontseys, used rs riding and pack
animals, and three dogs; 50 that, III numbers at
least. the COMPANY made IN Imposing appear
spcc. hut, like ali expeditions coinnosed of
ra,ivo Afri',u.. IL ,yns m,1c u,, of tho most
na'Nc A.I'e'ans' ~ "Ms nAac w u ri, .no '"ost
ulsofucslS anu perhulous ihatcF1a'. lhele was
apparently not an lo''cst man In tho troop. and,
from beginning to cnd, tho commander was
hara.sed with pcrpctual desrr.tons. tbcfts.
,a.,..,..s ] ,nn 49," ,t,,.t. r. '~A' '' >"~'''
'uaMesss ~, a'.o as.ot' ,'. ,,,,
Tic caravan began Its march from ktkokn, q
short distance fruu, the coast, On tue Goth OF
Alny, anu slowly prococdcl inlaad by tho route
wh.,, Stanley hnd trovr,c,l.
Ii",aI. H. 1~a.,r.,, .,.a,.., ,,,.,,tr,. T.. ~,
n!seapy .he ufcau'u' Da'aFfa luiH"!@ ~ nj
the iowlands o1 Africa haa Begin It's ucadly u.s.
was forced to painful struggle with fever, tu
,J1tt,o, ~ ,ho ror,tn,.i o,,,,ta., iii, 1T. tr-
~ WV eopr'u", eo"1eet VII" no 4'
suoosulnate mcn' 1ho aaya, ana weeks, anu
Incidents Of special moment to vary til, record,
rn,Y thn nortv crrivoh a. ,1nr.vrn,ut,o H.
a"a,,.. Wv ra .;.,.a.s v, ~ ,i.a ,.,,.aa sIJ ~
4.us's'' 1nv e'sh''Iss u t"e !eauetsf sua.p.,'cG
the expedition at. this point for couple Of
=; ,hn a.e, W s"a .o.o,a", au i%s io,
lived Il, fow 1avs by tho arrva, M Of ths faitl.
fu! baud transporting Ills hody to tho coaat.
lit tlls unforeseen cxiucury. Lieut.. Cameron
rcsove,l IN cnntin,to mn r. 11;lij AMI SECURE Tim
papers md books which Livingstone l.a.l lett,
ana Themes proceed TO NyanEwet and enacaXor
stU follow up tho Doctor'a explanations. Dr.
I,1 Dllon WA t1o III to accanr9ny TIC expedition
turn to zanzlbar with L,ylugstono's caravan.
it haa been ior mufy weeks proatrate with tho
tr7rr, which tbrcatc.,rd to destroy hs cycsight,
m sna Tue only hope of nts recovery wa inquitttng
tue country. On the 9TH Of N0ycnll3cr q solemn
QatFl1T LUCK O0CG hEt1yNnfl tf1H two
aud Dillon turned his fasccoastwarl. His strayeis
Wero soon ended, for, nine days later, Wien d.
ilno"s with fever, he shot himself through tho
hcat, aud ono more was addcd to the lst Ut
Lieut.. Cameron, al tho lead Of about 100
men. pushed bis tedious way On TO uliit, nrrIv-
i!ss ~ kawcle, tlie cAlcf village, In Fehruary;.
tlen all tfu energies Of tho trnyclcr were Ieyot-
e1 70 tue prosecution Of frcsh discoveries.
y Wtlle Waiting for tho convoy Of y caravan west
around thu southern portion OF that lake. Boats
werp obtaiucl aud ncctllul preparattulIs co1lrld-
I'd by tho 18th Of Marcl, ard nearly two months
I'm that aso VIE Sssnpsa IN hs yoy"so
~ bold and picturesque, tic sGorye being
nesrly eyerywtcre hIijy or mountainn,,a:
9nd covered with luxurious yeccsatlon.
f!l!aecs worc scattered ut frsauent
Intervals aIoug the margin: but, dcsoitc
tc fertility OF Inc stIl, fo VIVA srarce nIns,iI,.
them, ow1uE to tho continual dcp.ejat!ous Of
MQfautItpK tribes and OF ElaYc-fl.aItra.
Al KtruInbu the pcoplo wcro clothed in a
eestse cotton d thcIr own r,unatacturs; and at
aliklSuDgl M old aud whtte-k1nirul clcf wns
seen spinning, while hls wives aud daughters
xcre picking tue seeds fts,n freah bolis u cot-
ton. Thu dbro was laid, u tays Lieut.. Cancro1.
tn heaps BY tho slue of tho cllief and Ills fricnd,
,%ho, spindles In haud,werc u,aktng It lato yaru.
Their wooden splndics wcro about fourteen
inches long, and ialf au inch in diameter, with a
piece Of curved wood ~ weight, half ii. ii,ch
from tho top where d small wirn honk wins
sssd. 1le sotton wa nrst worked between tho liz
anxer s,..,a. ana thumb Into q sort of rough tapo
ssplnal., whtvl VIVA rolled along Inc sleht thish,
Ii give 1t 4 rapid spIht.irs n,vtion. Ti,e Varn
sas held IN the loft haai, tha st,snd!e hanging
from it; md the right foretinger aud thumb
we're used to prevent any irrrguiarltics tu lie
sizc Of tue thread. a. soon as 4 jength was
spun, # was uAhookel mud wound rt3,,n,l lin
fpiu4le, aud moro cotton was prepare.j. hnot ri
%, md spun ID tho salne nauucrs Tna yarn
turned out by these Meaus, though coarse. IL
fairly strong and wonderfully rcg,ilnr in sI,e'
lung, used ~ s!,ultlcs In weaving
At Kl.ungt Lieut., Cameron wa iutercstc. In