, 1877-10-11

IlR1A HEtuEhEf HllsFl 1uEk FtfhCt
wood lsca,1e, anil Livingstone Turned: hut he
ticfs and hypothtses nrc pcrtloua lu1ur!cs in
Africa.
CAMERON coMr11MESrEp.
address myself now to more a pleasant task,
viz. that ofgIvlng !ou my glad tribute to
uurh younger traveller than Sit Samuel Eaker-
Lieut.. came5on, Mr.: Walker, q th9 Koyn,
showed great pluck in discovering tho Lukuga.
do not exactly know, what he meant by lhc
wot,l In connection with tie discovery OF the
in connection with Cameronts march from Ny.
anUwo to tho unknown regions snuth~eat Of
here. II Arabs Are 70 ho believed. he
has shown most brilliant example of pluck
lcssness Of life. am told he had tut little
ammunition LETT Considering ttIht he was In
this position IN tho very heart Of Arfea, ut teast
six tnonslls' journey from either coast, and that
he preferred 10 20 on thus ufiprcpaEcd through
an unknown region, can only 1ook At lits fcat
=. ono Of the most algnal lnstanccs Of high
courage and duty In the annals Of African ex-
ploratiou. wish the young and gallant trav-
etcr tho happ!cst sncccss.
sicKNEss AND DBsEnT1oN.
A day or two hcfore leaving utIlt wrote to
you to soy that was compelled 70 leave ol!
preoarc iitrT ior ny ); Journey . WsnYsras last
eight good men from smallpox, but suffered
greater loss the t'ay I Anaty sct out fur UjtI,
Sr o;ty,h1ss ;ss,tGn. @ ta,. took col: psce At one
fnsl, the journey At UjfJt. There VIA, at least
kind Of panIc among those who rctno!aed: for,
as the dcsctttons were announced, heard tho
men ask one another ID tear what It al meant,
aud my suspicious seemed to uiscovcr kind u
regret tn their faces that they had not deserted
also. To prevent Tic consagon Of tlcscrtlon, :
clAppcl thirty.two doubtful cases In IRONS and.
after driving them Into the canoes, compelled
the canocs 10 sci oil at oncc for Ukaranga., I
| believe that It Ia 10 this summary, urhcatatlnR
| method owe wlat Is left Of once powerful
expedition. The time spent Y me IN exploring
and ctrcumnagtEatfnR Lake I'anganYlka served
to detnorallzo the people. They were daily lis.
| tcnlnR open.mnulted to tile Terrible stories ol
the cannl1als o. NhnyemAt ana the lear oi being
| eaten causcd the slalule fools to q0tscf with
anxiety. nn,x
confip.Nc. RETURNS.
Until arrived In Uguhtn, anil, Indeed, until
had b1tden adicu to the Tanganyika, my people
made me M ieel hs thonEt,, haa besome "a, slave
ness and gloom. The usual mcrrincnt, the
broad jest and loud, reckless laugh were want
Ing. Many had lost ihc'r comrades and mess
mates, tho mc,ses hau not yct Ct oeen seorgantxea
Bnt. a. we increased the distance between our
camps and tho Tancany1ka, ~ this gloomy
feeling wore away, ahtl, lhepltea ny rapin, stron-
uous marching, uclore ~ feaGnea h nan9aFte s1s 1s
former CHEEKY iouks' anu GyV lauaneu
at themselves tof l0VlnG been lfleht"
ened by, tho ator'cs aoont thc nun
snt's tnst even en- KaIulu was also % one OF III III
I.s.+tcrs: hi h. and four nlh,rs we're enhsc.
o1"T,iy rscevnreS vus Fron, Kahamt,arrc W. III.
iHnWed iHu1d the Luama River to Ns Confluence With
ths Iualaba, thence followed tne latter 70
..Je.fsdiv ,horf time of fnrty lnvs. or tve,,.y.
| cight tnnfches from tho TaDganyika.
AN uNKNoWN AND NrsTERious LAND,
Though have not lad tho pleasure OF read
tur LtYinRstone'a journal, you m,tst hare had.
cannot hope to add much to anything he has
sald, / reserve mysotf for the unknown west OF
NYancwc, because i sl,all have then something
worth writing about, new, virgin ground, oi
whith not a whisper has reached tho world out
side, about which even everybody In Nyan9we Ia
irnoraut,-a region which Livingstone painted ia
reach, but could not, and which Cameron prom.
iscI to expjotc, but did not. The region Is all
binyotvei In mystery; the intense supersti-
tIou OF the Africans has folded II with awcsone
| rIooun.
uscANNr 1suAnIrAATs.
1t is peoplcl by their stories with terribly
v,cious lwarfs. sfript.l like xcbras, who deal
ccrtnin death with poisoncl arrows, who are
notnatls md live on elephants. 4 great forest
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