New-York tribune., 1877-03-14
FURTHER FROM STANLEY.

According to a dispatch from London In
yesterdays Herald, three letters, written IN
August, 1876, have been received from Stanley.
At that time he had reached his old quarters
at Ujiji, on the eastern shore OF Lake Iangan-
yika, where he met and snccOred Livingstone,
on his first journey to find that explorer. This
little town and trading-pOst OF the Zanzibar
Arabs has already become familiar ground: it
is comparatively healthy, and furnishes at least
partial supplies to an exploring expedition
The fact that Stanley, and his assistant, Pol
lock, were in good health at the time, after
nearly two years of hardship and exposure,
augurs well for the continued success OF the
enterprise.
The geographical discoveries announced in
these last letters, Judging from the somewhat
meager outline furnished us, are of less inn
portance than might have been anticipated.
They will probably contribute many additional
details to our knowledge of the region lying
between the three great lakes; but, thus tar,
they give us no new feature derived from per-
sOnal exploration. Staney's course, after leav-
ing the Albert Nyanza, must have been through
the country of King Rumanka, which was
visited by Speke and Grant; for the ".Lake
"Wndermere," which he is announced as having
discovered, was actually seen. and named
by the former, who also have much to
say of the Kageera (Or Kagira) River.
Stanley may be correct in claiming that
this river is the largest feeder of the Victoria
Nyanza, and one of the main sources OF the
Nile but he did not discover it, and hence
has no right to give it the name OF "Alexan-
"dra" His endeavOr to follow it westward
was frustrated by the hostility of the natives
of region called Urundi, lying nearly between
the Albert Nyanza and Lake Tanganyika. He
was informed, however, that the kageera River
flowed out of a lake called "Nyanza Chu
"Ngoma" which was two days canOe-saing in
width. If this report be true, it is of the high
est interest and Importance, and Stanley's
friends must regret that he missed one of the
best chances of his journey, thus far From
the Kageera River to Ujji, we have no report
of any new geographical feature.
Stanley's decentralization of Lake Tangan-
yika is simply repetition of Cameron's un-
dertaking. If he made accurate observations
and measurements, he may add to or correct
some OF the features of the latter. In any
case, the time was well spent, and his report
of the voyage cannot fail to furnish a great
deal of valuable information. In regard to
the Lukuga River, which Cameron considers
the outlet of the. lake, by which its waters
flow westward to the Lualaba, or Congo the
dispatch is confused. 1t states that the Lu-
kuga is at present "a creek, running inland
through deep depression, which extends
westward for great distance. But the
"lake by continually increasing its area and
raising its level, will eventually find an out
"let through the Lukuga River" This pre-
snpposes that there is no outlet at present, or
else different one.
Stanley's next move is announced as being
toward Nyangwe, the most northern point
reached by Livingstone, on the Lualaba River.
There will De 10 great difficulty i'll reaching that
point, but very great labor and daring will be re-
quired TO advance beyond it. Cameron pressed
forward a little space, and was then compelled
to turn about we shall now see whether STAN
ley is either bOlder or more fortunate. His
pluck and endurance have been fully tested,
and no one will deny that he has earned the
right to be successful to the end. After what
he has already done, he might now come home
with honor But he chooses to go on, and the
whole civilized world will rejoice if he goes to
victory,