The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-11-05
AFRICAN EXPLORATION.
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been sketched out for him was one which testified
how Unlimited was the confidence reposed in his
that a single traveller could accomplish. He has
carried II out thoroughly and to the letter, and he
this aaysninrs h.wspaPers tnat employed nun
sne TACT de has dragged splendid haul from
ne damp tropical junges through which he has waded
~ tue cost ne tells us, Of gray hairs and broken
bsalth and OF the lives many OF his followers nclud
ipg That OF his faithful servant, Pocock. His budget
crammed ful OF information OF the kind for which
Inc world Is always open moutned, though Its raons
every day get shorer-stories Of moving accidents by
hood and 6ed and Of Escapes from savage
men ana savage animals For these We can walt, and
we WIN hope that in recounting the 'thrty-two bat
iies' which he fought IN descending the Congo he VIII
oe aoe 10 show that II was strictly defensive warfare
"a which he was engaged. Meanwhile, we know al
least the outline OF what has been dome
NOT TO BE DAuSTEn
From bis earlier letters know how since bis de-
parture from the Zanzibar coast, Mr. Stanley has
tracked out new route 10 the Victoria Niyanza how
ne has crcumnavgated that great fresh water sea, do
termned the extent and elevation Of It's BASIN and ex
ored more fully than was in the power Of speke aud
6rant It's CHIEF aftuent how he crossed tho country
10 the Albert Lake, and finally how, turning dis aten-
on TO Lake Tanganyka he traced the portions OF us
shore which had not been visited BY Burton. Speke,
Livingstone aud Cameron and asceralned the curious
fact that its supposed outflow toward the Lualaba was
only iatcrmittsnL and that Tanganyka paid tribute
10 no river system except when II happens TO
have superfuous supply oil water which II IS conve-
men. 70 get rd OF 10 ina. way hner.o INC enuer
III the steps OF previous travellers, and at most sup
plementng their imperfect explorations. When,
10 Nyangwe, he started on his adventurous voyage
uown the Luaiaba ne struck into path that no Eu-
ropean mad traversed before him. THIS latter portion
OF his journey was at once the cventfu and the
most important; u will be in connection with tho
Identification Of the Congo with the Luaaba that his
lame as an explorer will be chiefly handed down to
posery. The credit Of this great discovery he now
shares III ut least equal measure with his predeces-
sors, DR.. Livingstone and Cameron.
STANLEY COMPLETELY SUCCESSFUL.
Tho missionary traveller the Arst who came
upon the enormous lake and river system which 0c-
cupies the central depression Of the African continent
10 the west of Tanganyika He believed 10 his dying
day that he was working ut the sources OF the Nile.
Geographers at nome, who had to Information
mat was not within the roach Of the lonely traveller,
were convinced that this could be the They
turned TO the enormous volume OF water discharged
oy the Congo into the Atlantc-greater. II is said,
IMAM that of any other river on the globe with the
cepton OF the Amazon-as affording the true Glow
ne destination OF the Iualaba and tributary
This was practically authenticated by Cameron's
measurement OF the levels of the Lualaba and his
Quincy across the watershed between 1t and the Fam
Des But the mind il wholly satisfied with this
pccies OF inductve proof MIR. Stanley has set doubt
At rest In the most convincing way Embarking on
the great stream below Nyangwe he followed its
course Tor nine months in all its devious wanderings
fought his through the bands Of hostile
1na attempted to oppose his progress snot down the
numerous rapids that were found whore the stream
reaks through the coast ranges mountains at last
al the satisfaction OF seeing his tolls crowned with
omplee successor joining the FAR stretching. many
oranched Lualaba to the mighty trunk stream that
lows down TO the ocean below the Yeliala Falls.