The weekly Arizona miner., 1877-10-26
srA>Lr,.s LETTERS FROM AFRICA.

1 terrible dctrrmiuatiou, | knew bnN u~C.c-~ l it would hc to advise him. l~jyly suggested
 several times to him that hc should r1iun
 home, to build his strength up that lac
 might rccommcnyc his work under better auspices. No. no. mo-. 'Ncc home, friends,
 country Z" No, no, nc, no 'ro b. knight
 cd by the Queen aHd welcomed by ,ao&>aEd~
 of admirers" "lcs, but impossible. Ngu-t
 not, cannot, will not.
 Then how could such a determined man
 be pur>uadcG OF advised by aj, servants and
 his Arab friends
 RENTNEKAEIE ETcIoN.
 In his conversation with me at liiii Ly- l ingstonc a>crihcd much just praise ,o almost | all of the region west ,t thc Coma Noun tainS IL k d most remarkable ry1jun-morc remarkable than anything | have seen iu ! Africa. It's woods. or forests vr Iungly~. og ] bu>h--l do not know hy what particular ! tcgm to designate the crowded. tail, straight trees rising from an impcnctmhc under growth of bush, crocpcg>, thuu~ gums. palms. trond> ut all forms. cane and gIa~s are sublime. even terrible. Indeed, nature ] here is either remarkably cor >asa.ciN beau titul. At distance everything looks l charming Take Your stand uD any vml- ncEcc or coi-uc ui vantage for NicN->c,iu. l you may please. b, it tEc crest ot 8 ridge. | the summit ot a hilI. thc crown ol a rock.
 and if you look around you will iud your self delighted, fascinated. X hundred Q. a 1 thou sand different outlines arc in view of ! ridges and ranges, peaA> aud cones, the l boldly waving or softly rolling, of gradual : or abrupt slope. of mounds. .ittic patches oi levels, of the grand aud the pjctugc~QUc in ! bcwildCring diversity of form. You will ! eNclaim that you SEQ the sp,cDdor ut thc ! tropicS-that you have caught Nature r'- jioicinS and happy. Over al, she has flung a robe of varying green; the hills and ridges ! are blooming, the valleys aud basins cNGJit perfume; the rocks wear g3riA.d- of crtcp-
 CTS; the stems of the trees are clothed with
 moss: thousand >troamlct~ ui pure cool
 water stray, now anguid. now quick. tu-
 ward the north and south and west. The
 wholc makes pleasing. charmiug iuu-tra-
 ton of the hnunttouSut~> and wild beauty
 of tropical Nature
 RECEPTIVE BEAyrr.
 ! Look closer and ana. ylc all this. that yoU may find how deceptive i> distance. The ! grasses are coarse aaa ii-h, and thick. They ] form miniature copy ot aB African forest l Their spcar-lihc blades wound like knives ! l tall and tough a, hlmtsa. u ,Au-. pretty ] looking bushes ars taau.> -ruiy tA. tI,;u~ are hooks ot steel. tlc craaa oI .'at yupi P ! low hill with such g.Gt. ~uu. }, a.l but ! inaccessible SC l.t -.l... Dnp ut
 crimson flowers oa taat .tT lah ia thc
 middle ot the lawn green ias-e my friend
 before you yeutur, tn r.-t> l.m. Fi-..
 that lawn i> a eo.pt..n: t i-a ....-. ,t ;a. .
 poison bush i~ nearly thEg ...t .t-t aua
 those green bank~ oi 'e a.i.a .A ,ba~y holiows age almost impgl,.r.a.s forest belts THE FOREST pErIH~.
 Let me show veu a~I.tim.u of a forest ] in Manvema. You will. ua doubt. remcm- ! Der that our friend Livingstone Was cuthu- >iastic about the woods ui Naaycma. You would fear 90 bc alone in those mighty >oii- tudes at night; made . umh.e-a very short onc-into io.s-, once uH.r. lines ui tall. straight youu. giants ~t..a foremost, extended like >Airm-aer> il front ut tha dense masses ot Ian>. which ~.iemuiy stood behind. The y.un- giants offered no impeachment. and approached farther in. feeling my eyes open wider and wider with astoni>hment at sight of t'. enormous thickness, height mum. r aul close array ui the forest monar,!i-.
 Ipcrccivcd that my mind. uat satisfied with the transient impression mad ou it jy the ma>>ivouc-s ard great height oi tbc trees. felt overwhelmed hy tlc -.,u.. T. seemed tc receive a solemn .o. V.a-.Nt ger.~. f..m il. ! gradually it.l myself affected mas. strongly than cu b, ae-s,i.-j the death lv stiffness. in thc m. l.c a. which arp.a- ed those majestic, ln.ty. naked and g.ey figures. like ~o many ~i..at .ppa,ltiou>. ] looked at them will tl- sam. I..iu. have often felt in looking a, very an.j.u, ruins: for these were also H,u.,an., monuments, witnesses of the spci,a-1c-s ,t time. all th. more impressive because [ alone wa~ thus surrounded by them.
 The atmosphere seemed weighted with an eloquent though dump hi-.aE wherein ] read. hca~l. saw agd inhaled tAr record ui lost year, and lan.. For the time drop ped all remembrance oi ~e.t aus identity all perception oi' other scenes and rrpo-.~ seemed to hear proclaimed their antiquity. their grand old age. tl..r superiority and their mpcItHr0an.y. They appeared ta say ''tcutGllt- ago were 1 -fVu. ~,iCUf. serene and uudi~tu.hej ur grew. w. know no strife, couitu,iauu- pa--Ioaot your Wer.d Though born ot ,l. earth, iei and uouH-hri by it. vel ara We unaffected vjh the fate oi things op tine earth We aIg lun wears u'd. Where wa-i thou. atom ofrr-tlr-- humanity. when We were born What art thou bUt rietaccidcnt slight a, ibej.aj Iea,e- under thy feet Go aul ,cli your h.aI ycu have seen silence"
 DwNEF~ AND ,IjfWrANLI-L-.
 But really Manycm1 woods are exceeding ly solemn. | shall probably see more of them as travel west. | am told ny those who have penetrated some di~uHcc into them tha; they contain any numbers ot >okos tcorillasl. Livingstone informed me that thc>c ,okoS are rcrilla- have moi -.pn