, 1877-03-23
AFRICA.
Mfr. stnn1ry's Expiorattona---Tlfs Latest Let
tcrs-.-Wl,at 1te Has Accomplished, and tho
Work ljgforo Him,

nfr. stnnlry's Explorat1ons---Hts Latest Let.
tcrs---W1,at 1ts Has AccomplIs she'd, and tho
Work ltrforc Him.
Kt,e iors Ntra,d NarcA a.
Tic special dispatches from London, PUBLISH
ell In tllo Herald Of the 18th Inst, giving bslef
outline uf the coulcnts of an0thus parcel Of let
tcrs received lron 1T. Stanley, In the heart Of
Airic,, aud dated UIIi, the 7th, 10Th, and 13tn
of August last, wo ara quito suro impartial the
pleasure of good news to all our readers lntsr-
cstci iu tic progress Of science, commerce, gIv-
iizatton, and Christianity. We are sure Of th[s,
because OF tho universal public interest which
hos been drawn to all thcso explorations fl tho
savage willis of Africa sEpcc thu thrilling dlscov-
cries In tbs Nite basin Of Spcka aud Graut, and
Of IIakor Ia 131, 1852, and 1861, and particularly
from 6tanlcy's narrative Of his succosatnl expo
ditloa tn search Of DR.. Livingstone, With tho ar.
co,npanylng letters from ti,at lamentcd chief OF
Christian ptonecrs !.y tho previously unknown
Countries Of that bengl!ted continent.
Believing TINT thee readers =, q tic
Herald have reeetred the intelligence OF
nuws fro'n friend Engaged lu good work and
bcsrt with cot,staut tlanscrs from q deadly Ill
Illatv anll saYalo trfbes, We think that brief
review Ut his lateat reported adventures and OF
here Tor the public information be pruftably
On sTARLEr's LINE or TRAVEL PROM THE VIC
ToAlA TO THE TANaAkrlKA LAKE
We haye atretch of country equal to that be-
twocn Long lsaul Sound and lake Erie, with
n,uro uf the pes!ls 10 tho Wlits rnan than those
Of thu Yellowstone MUunta!ns !nicsted by thu
warriors Of Sitstn. Bull and Crazy lIUrse. From
his Journey to thv 'ranganyika Lake, 1t appears
that TUG Kagecra River, flowing Into tho Victoria
Lake on tue west sldc, is much lur9cr stream
than the shilnccyu, which IL discharged into
RttAV V71k.. tftUN%l lkt II,nSrx
two rlvcFs.-the one. rising near tho third
anl tho other near theft iii degree u eouth
lasttudc-arc, % far - known, tho. Ut
most sources IT &c ln!ghty N!ir. Prom r. be.
srycn dogsces Of latituLc, equal. u the crow
tiles, to tho distance from BoRota, tn South
Anlenrs. to thu CITY Of New York, between
the head springs ofthe Mississippi and Chg Gull
Thus, III icng,h, ti,c sFasher u Watcis" Is
dwaricd, nut tt, Missouri, from its sources In
Montana 10 the Gulf, Is surpassccd by tho Grun4
od Nile. This saet is established from Htanley's
THE LENGTH or THE xAoEzuA RIVER
Mr. stanicy llls nut uscc1taincd; bet as tho d.
Wiling I'D . hstwrcn the waters Of Tauganytka
Lakc and tle limbs VI tl.a basins Ut tho Albeit
un1 Victor. > Lukcs. southwark, ase wei! known,
tho knsecra cunnut bS lonS river. It, grsnt
rsoup Of mountains ncafr IL head, on Which thu
ls 2ts raaa 5sas rig 1eisy 5 yJ1a 1't k d
from tho wcM, and lcsa thun two huniycl lnt1r8
from the luke, wrat, Hes the haain VI tho Albert
| Lake.
rux KquA1onIAL paA1sAoE or THE nile
c,1ncs from tlrc0 great Aas.ns,-te basin Of the
| Victoria Lakr, that VI The Albert Lake. ahd that
| Of tho great Nile tributary. tie B4hr-s-uazal
which llas ouly bccn PARTIALLY explored, aud Vt
tasa "f tae yctu,a Lake. over
area twtcc that Of New York, chiefly to the east
aud sluta. The peninsula between the two