, 1877-10-11
Tho Mighty Congo--Missionaries for
the East and Traders for the
West Coast.
4 Magnificent Marketable Great and
Mysterious Aillucnt Of tho
Lua1a6n.
Letters Written at Nyangwe-Disposing Of
The Theories Of Sir Samuel
Baker,
flxartsd and Dt1aItd hy Sickness and DeseF.
tisn."Trusting Latk and
Daring Fate.


IL 1sT--7o hs Editors Of ths Nso York Ftrald
xad thu London Daily Telegraph: Mr. Thomas II.
Prize, OF the great firm Of Mcssss. 1fatton s.
cookson. Of Liverpool, is af'out to 60 hume 10
recruit his health after protsacted stay on the
West Coast Of Africa, and he has kindly offered
his ecr1Iccs 10 take to England any dispatches
Of iettcrs may tavo for you. While would
etallY avsi1 myself Of this opportunity, still
I'M 80 prostratcl lust now, and, may say, 80
ergted at tho sight Of white faccs, and tho
,coses Of "Wclcomea" hcnr, arid 10 con-
fused With tho good things Of this lift they
u,ess on nc, that, with tho kccncst desire
to do my duty 10 you, yet nm constrained
10 ask you not to oxnct too much from yonr
ycry willing servant, but TO give him weeks
breath. Anything very important or interest,"
tag rclasIng to tho discoveries have made from
the point where Livingstone left Oh {Nyangwc
10 sanycna>, I slsall defer until my nerves,
st.a,ned 80 long, hsye become llttle mora COM
poscd.
I scnl you duplicates OF letters written at
Fytngwc, and dispatched 10 tho East Coast by
eour1ers Of Motammcl bin Said, November,
ls76, Just ten months aco. Tho originals may
not have arrived in Europe, Ia which case you
usy publish tho duplicates.
CONGRATULATIONS AND rn1NKso1vlNo.
Icsuuot rofrain from congratu1ntIng you Upon
The perfect success which l1ns attended tho ex-
plorations Of tie Auelo-American expedition
dispatched BY you from Zanzibar. The instrue-
tio1,l, though oncroust have been faithfully and
literally performed These, must remind you,
were 10. complete tho discoveries Of Capt. j.
Hsnning Spoke and Capt. {noH col.) Grant, Of
tho sources Of tho Nile; to circumpavigats
Lakes Victoria and Tangahvika, and by the cx-
-. kt,u ats IT. A. b.
discoveries OF Capta. Burton andAEpckc, aud,
Istly, to complete the discoveries Of DR.. Living
stone.
With feeling Of intense gratitude to Divine
Providence, Who has misaculously saved mo
'aud my people from the terrors Of slavery, from
the pnuRs Of cruel death et tue hands Of cam
nlbals, afser tlve months daily toll through
6fty-sevcn cataracts, falls. and Rapids Who in-
.be hosts Of savagcs, and, out Of thirt!.two
battles, brought us safe actoss unknown Africa
to the Atlantic ocean, Inform yon tlat tho
Workof the Angto-Amerscan Expedition which
formed to the very letter. Other explorations
va imposed On ourselves, but tllcir successful
prosecution depended On your means, aud the
ffuIls Of Ill our long labors are due to you.
A GREAT HIGHWAY or COMMERCE.
Large rs the number of cataracts and rapids
mentioned above may be, VIC have discovered
TINT tho great highway uf commerce to broad
Africa Is tho Congo, and l'appy Will that Power
scem which shall secure for itself localltY for
depot al tic extreme limit Of tho navigation
Of tlIo Lower Congo, and establish there pco-
pie ssci as the freed slaves to assist Il In ct,~
ftcltng itself, and tho poor races employed in
central tasln Of tho continent BY sound and
legitimate commerce.
MISSIONARIES AND TRApEnA
50 far ns have been permitted TO Observe, I
ind that Eastern Central Africa aud Western
Cnnfrn1 a frfrn tnttAf lin Httn{ liz differ.
ent Influences. Whllc all Africans, naturally, AZ
savagcs, would moro readily. appreciate tho
trader than the missionary, still tic missionary
srsi A}rica: while il West Cs,,tral Africa tic
ts4lcF must prccelo tho missionary. Tho rea-
soEs for this orc obvious ut glance:
In East Central Afrlcn the people Aro gnth-
ersd under powerful Emperors and K,nga,1tho
Cd population Of B, ,6O, ,O0d; tho great Empire OF
the Empire Of Uru,nli, w.t', about u Dol, ,dV; tho
kkass' ka1sss%s .a e q1;ssa.s 1so9s tbs 9 95G1
these Empires aud Kingdoms governed lespot-
ically, subject to the will Of thclr respective
monarchs. III Ills werthy cslorta fnr the moral
tmWovcHcnt Of these tcrightcd races, the mis-
securH tho goodwill, asslstancc, and protection
OF the supreme powers OF these countries.
In Wcst Central Africa, from Lake Tangan-
yiks to tho mouth Of tho Congo Itvcr. tue Peo-
towns, Or villages, each governed by its sespcc-
llvc chief. As NO approach nearer Tho West
Coast the !. explorer, dArcs not begin
,nass 70 sst'y yonvcP ts people .9,r, ffr The usTa ,d
districts arc 4o stnall, tho population - great,
tho number Of villages 10 confusing, that there
Ase as many Kings ruling oyer hundred-acro
plot az there aIo officials In Greece, ai animated
hy N intense thfrst for trade, aud distinguished
ioe ise, shs'r icatry, hostility to each other, and
however, univcrsal. as shall be abls to explain
IN subsequent letter.
4 AAGAlFIcxNr HARKsT.
:. eetllhH eatdc the contributions Of our exnodi.
Aohto Rsog!aphF, The eran.lcst discovery il llas
aue hn tne great Ge for trads has opened to
c1es wauso .sa IT, ths EeE,h French
~ tor greater attention those fabrics and wares
generally purchased by Africans on tho Wet
Cot. II toana ,nambeIsII shall bo more e.
M ~, .rs hays thrown open to
miles, which contains nearly 3,o00 roflea II au
uninterrupted course OF water communIcstinr'
divided a.apng tho upper Congo and it, msg, Ia:'
make up my map, but ptomso you toueh h
sketch pf tho unknnwn tialt Of Africa. nov fs.
gealc4 for Tie lrst time, and you will anl thst
~ this etist Letter H., an ~ ths
show you. when have had time TO arrange mv
hotes, now ncur VIC arc to extensive gold and
copper fields, and what products merchants NAV
expect III return tur tHc1r tabFlc3.
BIOGRAPHICAL sUCCkssEH.
For those Interested lii geography mar say
that one ttlI,e negcr dreamed that You could
hear anything Of ulo until solne time IN 1873 o.
ls7O, Tor my wonderful river eontinuel 4 north.
erly course two degrees north Ut the Equator,
somst!1ucs taklng Hreat Lends easterly, until
thought sometimes that SHOULD eUon be IN tht
netgAborhood Of Jcbel KumF the Mountains u
tic Moou), In which vase Should either have
70 resolve, after reaching FIVE degrees nortt
latitude, to force my way toward l1ndokoEt
through the Wild barfs who are lighting With
0oEdou Paslla, Or continue on my way north X
some great lake, aud ultimately pctcA4uce the
Niger,
A. the Equator the Lualaba turned north
northeast, ns II 1t really bud, BY some unknowI
nean4-unlcss all Rneroils and barometer
we're wtung-a connection with the Albtrt
Nsyenza and ! hurruhcd rather prematurcll
,2t Livingstone. Ihts north'northesst couE,s
old not last long, for the Lualaba was slmpll
collecting It's toFte 10 tilt against mountain
nlefe, Of course, there was the Nl1deAt scen'
imaginable.
WHEac8 THIS GREAT klvKRl
NOV. in regard TO geographical problems,
an7e been tattctng mysclt that hare aettlet
" problems that were given out ln 1874, th