The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-03-13
STANLEY.
Three Letters from the Herald's
Explorer in Central Africa.
He ARRIVES AT UJIJI.
Complete Survey of Lake
Tanganyika.
.CAMERON'S CREEK.
Discovery Of Burton Gulf and Important
Facts About the Kageera River.
AL f x A NDRA LAKE.
Pure Waters Flowing from an IN
explored Reservoir.
THE SOURCES OF THE NILE.
.CAMERON'S CREEK.
Discovery Of Burton Gulf and Important
Facts About the Kageera River.
ALEX ANDRA LAKE.
Pure Waters Flowing from an IN
explored Reservoir.
THE SOURCES OF THE NILE.

LEX CABLE TO TIE HERALp.l
LONDON March IL, 1877.
We are in receipt OF three deeply interesting
letters from Henry NJ. Stanley, the joint commits
sioner OF the HERALD and London Daily Telegraph
now exploring the equatorial regions OF Central
Africa, and dete rmnng the location and character
Of the several sources OF the Nile. Two maps &C.
company the letters, and illustrate the various
routes and explorations made by Stanley since the
date of the dispatches which were received from
him in October, 1876
FROM UJIJI.
The letters are dated from Ujijl, ON the eastern
shore OF Lake Tanganyika, and the It'll, 10th and
18th OF August 1876, respectively. After exploring
the hitherto unknown region between Lakes Victoria
and Albert Nyanza and discovering the great River
Kageera, which nows Into the Victoria Nyanza from
the southwest, Stanley took southerly route
toward UJji, the place where he rst met Living
stone. In the course of his journey he discovered
Lake windermere an enlargement of the Kageera,
and also body OF water which he named Kageera
Lake.
DRIVEN BACK BY HUNGER.
But by the feroc0us hostility of the natives OF the
region called the Warundi and being brought to the
verge OF starvation, Stanley was forced to retire
into more hospitable country and abandon for the
time being the further exploration OF the Kagcera
and its wonderful valley, and his efforts to reach
the southern end Of Lake Albert N'yanza.
on TO TANGANYIKA.
Pursuing his course toward Ujiji, Stanley crossed
into the country OF Unyamwesi, and, after trayers
ing its ridge-broken expanse reached his destina-
ton safety. The details of this pcrilous journey
are given in his letter.
SURVEYING THE LAKE.
After fitting together and launching the explor.
service Lake vtsseria rS'ganza, stanley com.
menced his survey Of Lake Tanganyika. Starting
from Ujiji he made complete decentralization of
the lake and verified many observations made on
that portion which he had previously visited and
explored in company with Dr. Livingstone.
CAMERoN's OUTLET.
Stanley has settled the question Of the River
Iukuga, which Cameron supposed was the outlet of
Lake Tanganyika toward the west and into the sys-
TEN Of lakes which form the headwaters Of the To-
name or Luaaba OF Livingstone
RIGHT AND WRONG.
Stanlcy's letters indicate that Cameron was both
right and wrong with regard to the character OF the
Lukuga River.
ONLY CREEK AT PRESENT.
Az present 1t Is only a creek, running inland
through deep depression, which extends west
ward for great distance. But the lake, by con.
stantly increasing Its area and raising in level
will eventually find an outlet through the Iukuga
River.
BURTON GULF.
stanley's Investigations on and around Lake Tan.
ganyika are of the most curious and complete
nature. At the northern end of the lake he found
spacious gulf, which will henceforward be known
to geographcrs as "Burton Gulf" after the cele.
brated African explorer of that name.
THE KAGKERA RIVER.
In his second letter Stanley describes some very
important discoveries respecting the Kageera River,
which empties into Lake Victoria N'Yanza ON its
western side. lie attaches vast Importance to this
stream as feeder OF the great lake.
THE sHIMEEyU RIVER.
lie compares the Shimeeyu, which flows into the
Victoria N'Yanza from the vast swampy region south.
east OF the lake. through which he first approached
Its Shores to the River Thames but the Kageera to
the Thames and Severn combined.
AN INTERESTING INFERENCE.
The purity and color of the water Of the Kageera.
he declares, indicate that II rises either far to the
westward OF Lake Tanganyika or that it's course IL
interrupted by lake, where the waters arc puri-
fed as In great settling basin.
LAKE ALEXANDRA
SANKEY'S Investigations go to prove the existence
OF such lake OF considerable extent, ana which ia
known by several names. To the river and lake
Stanley gives the name OF sAe xandra,r in honor Of
the Princess OF Wales.
PARENTS Of THE EGYPTIAN NILE
lie proves that the Egyptian Nile is the issue of tho
untcdBuc and White Niles, the former flowing
from the mountainous region OF Abyssinia and tho
latter from the equatorial lake system.
GRAND PARENTS or THE NILE.
The White Nile IL the issue OF Lake Aihor, ~,
anza which derives IT'S waters from tho vas,
watershed that immediately surrounds IL. Tho