, 1877-05-19
A NEW SOURCE OF THE NILE.

The Daily Telegraph publishes q des'
patch from Mr.. Stanley narratiog some
important discoveries which he has made.
Before reaching the Victoria Nyanza he
struck and followed from it's watershed in
U,sni q new stresn, the Shimeeyu, which,
as u feeder Of the Victoria 300 miles il
length, sad Of yolums equal to that Of the
Thames, at once became the highest ard
trueut source q the Nile. This took this
course Of the noble Egyptian river up to
S deg. S. or farther, and secured the palm
Of merit to Stanley as the discoverer Of
what appeared the real crude Of the Nile.
But 10 the present despatch h. gives rea-
son to believe that he has made o still
moro important revelation aud that, al
though the Shims7yu may. perhaps, yet
retain the distinction of being the most
southerly feeder of the Nile, the Kagera,
K~itangule, or Ruvuvu-for by all these
names has the emanuel been known since
it was crossed by Spoke AMI Grant in
1863-wiII really prove the largest and
longest Of the upper tributaries Of that
vast NyOnza which, by creating tn" Vic
soria Nile, does most to supply the Egyp-
tiAn river. Spoke and G ant crossed the
stream near its outflow into the Victoria
Eysnss, but failed to attach to the Kage-
"a or Kitangule the dignity which it me-
tits as a priacipAl, If not the chief, foun-
tain stream Of that mighty river whose
secrets they were engaged in unwilling.
This task has now been 10 a gr at extent
discharged by Stanley, during his jour
ney last summer from King Mtesa's cOun-
Try to Ujiji; aud in the present commu-
~nication he gives particulars Of this very
important new tributary OF the Nile, which
20 far to alter our ideas Of the region
between the Victoria Ond Albert Nyauz4s
and Lake TanganyikH !; while they add o
large though yet underlined DO ~ Of water
TO the marvellous system Of inland seas
which fill Equatorial Africa, and leave it
still eminently possible that the Nile takes
its ultimate rise in tracts as far off as Man
yema, or even a yet more distant s not.
Henceforward, however, we must not
call this interesting stream by any one Of
its native appelIations. The Kagera, or
KitanGule. which flows into the Victoria
Nysnza at Usogoro, has received from our
eyplorer-whc has traced it's course
through $40 miles, and found it still
wearing the appearance Of coming from at
least an equal distance-the name Of
"Alsxandra Nile" BY that iIlustrious
title Mr.. Stanley begs that the river, with
it's reservoir, may be hereafter known /; and
the details of it which he forwards con.
%stitute, it will be allowed, a fair claim to
30 proud distinction. In the map which
he transmits the course Of the Alexandra
Nile may be tracked upwards from the
point where the Kavare enters il, to the
Marongo falls, where the lagoon-like
Windermere empties itself INFO the mar
rover channel and so past the hot springs
Of Mtagata, the town OF King of Rumanika,
and the many lakelets which are formed
on the way from Kishakka to the spot be.
low the Mount of Observation, where it
comes down on either side of q large is
land that fills up the eastern extremity Of
. Nysnza to which Mr.. Stanley's map
givsr Q length of about sixty miles aud q
breadth Of about thirty, and which has
been hitherto only limited ct upon the