The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-03-26
Poetlcal Accounts of Its Origin
Derived from the Natives.
Does It Discharge It's Waters
by the Lukuga?
Some Inaccuracies in Came
rOn'S Account.
EXPERIMENTAL EXAMINATIONS.

Unp. August 7. 1875
Lake Tanganyika despite its extreme length, Is be
subject doubts and iancifu hypotheses for
It has been circumnavigatcd ana measured and its
enormous limo laid and liked as accurately
as pretty good chronomcter and solar observations
will admit Captain Burton's discovery s now COM
peted whole, with indefinite no indentation
unknown We must Danish from our charts Mr..
Cooeys grand United Tangany,ka and Nyassa aud Sir
Samuel Bakers no less grander idea Of Upper and
Lower Tanganyika. also dvingstone's United Lake
Lemba and Lake Tanganyka Its total circumnavi-
CATION dispels all erratic ideas and illusions respccing
Its length and breadth, and furnishes US with u com.
pleto knowledge far present necessities re-
quire Of its anluents and efaucnts
THE TANGAXYIKA PROBLEM.
write this letter. however, to explain the problem
OF the TanganyiKa which has puzzled Livingstone and
so many explorers, and induced many able cartog
iaphers to publish wild conjecures instead Of solid
iacts AMI truths, and take for my texts once
certain items from Lieutenant verney Cameron's let
ter 10 the Geographical Society, dated May o. 1874
OF the Tanganyika.
1.-THE current is small az knots, as might be OK.
pected from the levels
"It is believed to flow into the LuaiAba between the
lakes Moero and Kamarondo.
IL went four five miles 1t, when my further
progress was stopped by the floating grass enor-
nous rushes
"The river, the Lukuga is about twenty-five miles
south Of the group OF islands Captain Spoke Explored
1t Is not fair to critcise brief letter as this
evidently written hastily after the dscoverers arrival
in UjUi nor have any such intention but 1t serves
as preface TO what about to say and II serves
In measure to mark the boundaries of difference be-
tween Lieutenant Cameron and myself l send you
chart OF the Lukuga Creek enable your readers to
understand clearly one OF Naturo's In Central
Africa shall briefly remark upon the above state.
ments:-
CAxERoN's DISCOVERIES ANALYzED.
Lieutenant Cameron says no has been fortunate
enough to discover the outlet OF tho Tanganyika"
He certainly has discovered Lukuga Creek, and, as l
entertain friendship toward the gallant gentleman,
the outlet what is not the outlet, but what will be
within few years tho outlet OF the Tanganyika for rs
yet there is outlet, understand tho torn, for
IN outhowng river or eflluent.
'.Tho current Is small Il. knots), as might be OK.
pected from the levels" Having differed with tho
1rst must differ with the second statement, though
reluctantly; but impute the to his overhurry
ana imperfect levels The chief who accompanied
Cameron says that he stayed but short time, and
such current as he mentioned might well be caused
by the monsoon wind blowing up the creek, but for
more details and experiments testing this current
must reier you below
ut is believed to flow into the Luaaba, between
tho lakes Moero and Kamarondo." More about the
flow below, but Mocro is pronounced sMeveru' by all
men, natives or Arabs, and of Kamarondo Lake" l
can hear nothing except a distinct and emphatic
denial Of there being such lake; but all who know
anything Of 1t say there Is a called tho Kama
londo or Kamarondo largo tributary Of tho Lualaba
or Ugarowa
81 went four or i've miles down It, when my fur
thor progress stopped by tho floating grass and
enormous rushos"
Lieutenant Cameron proceeded about three miles,
and made his experiments at Lumba. His progress
stopped by tho papyrus which perhaps belongs to
the OF grass but all the specimens pure grass
the Lukusa Creek present may be eaten by
healthy ass In fifteen minutes
"The river, the Lukuga IS about twenty five miles
south 0fthe group OF islands Captain Spoke explored
The entrance the Iukuga Creek situate IN latitude
deg. 40 min 80 sec south, while Kascnae Island is
In latitude deg. IS min. 80 sec. SOUTH making the
Lukuga just fourteen geographical miles south OF
Kascnge, discovered by Spekc.
srAxLxY's POINTS DIFFERENCE WITH CAMERON
Beyond these few points have cause to differ
with Lieutenant Cameron To him alone belongs the
credit and honor the discovery Of tho LuKuga Creek,
the future outlet Of Lake Tanganyika followed his
course inch by inch, marked each Of his camps and
employed tho guides. Where ho cut across deep
bays, aud finally cut across Tanganyka Lake without
reaching the south ond by geographical miles,
! dvergcd from his track and completed what he
had lett undonc, IN the hope, since was on the
lake and captain OF my boat to find him in error,
but after all my trouble only came to the Lukuga
Creek to discover that he entitled the honor OF
tho discovery Of the future outlet OF the Tanganyika
Imagining that because there was not at present wha.
can DO called an outnowng river visible at Lukuga
Crock, explored after Cameron as far as Kascpgc,
whence Cameron returned Ujui leaving the north.
crn half unexplored, and then continued tho exploa
ton along tho coasts Of Ugubba Coma Kavunvwch.
Karamba, Ubwari, Masansi--al new ground unvisitcd
by any white man-and came to the point where Law.
ingstone and myself lett OF in 1871; thence 10 Viii,
after having explored every corpor and river mouth
bay, and crock search Of the present outlet or n,
tho Lukuga must be called an outlet, in search
Of another outlet distance OF over 500 gcograph.
made several interesting discoveries during the long