The New York herald., 1877-11-14

1t was under the dome at Brighton or the
classic roof of Burlington House. and
my enthusiasm for this new field
Of exploration--the unknown half of
Africa and the mighty river that event
no man knew where"-was stimulated as
much by the earnestness with which Arabs
and natives discussed it as though each
member of the Royal Geographical Society
had bestowed scientific blessing on me and
unanimously wished me success
AT SxANawE.
Nyangweis is inlatitude4 deg. 1emin. south
Ifyou follow the parallel of latitude deg.
east to the Indian Ocean, you will observe
there are ls Ia degrees of longitude or $40
geographical miles. If you will measure
the distance between Nyangwe and the At
lantic, along the sume paraifei you win
find there are Is IL degrees of lon
gitude. or $50 geographical miles. The
eastern half of Africa is generally
known, but that western half was
altogether unknown. To any one arriving
from the East Coast with the love of explor-
ing unknown wilds, what field lay ex-
tended before him The largest half Of AZ
rica one wide enormous blank-a region of
fable and mystery-a continent of dwarfs
and cannibals and gorillas, through which
the great river flowed on its unfulflled
mission to the Atlantic! Darkness and
clouds of ignorance respecting its course
everywhere What terrible dread thing is It
that SO pertinaciously prevents explorers
from penetrating and revealing its myste-
ries! It struck mo thus also, as though a
vague indescribable something lay ahead.
srANLEY's RESOLVE.
believe l was made half Indifferent to-
life by my position; otherwise doubt if
should have deliberately rushed upon what
I was led to believe-as my predecessors
were-was almost certain death. had not
anticipated hearing such forbidding things
as did hear of the regions north or meet
ing such obstacles as met. Neither of my
predecessors could obtain canoes at N.Y.
angwe, nor was more successful; and the
Arabs at Nyangwe, pretending to be very
solicitous about my safety, said they
could not think of permitting my
departure. But my fate seemed to
drive me on. / listened to their sto-
ries about how many caravans attempting
to open trade below had been annihilated;
but had calculated my resources, and had
measured my strength and confidence, and
declared to the Arabs that I intended to
try it.
ARAB FoREBoDINGs.
Twas quite prepared to hear that should
be murdered and eaten, and that my people
would desert; that would meet opposition
of such nature that never heard of or
dreamed of, and that they (the Arabs) could
not listen to such q project. Being pre-
pared, these things did not surprise me.
1t was perhaps time should be murdered;
it was perhaps impossible to penetrate tho
wild, wide land before me, but 1t was
no reason why should not try md put the
practicability Of its exploration to the test.
eff you did not try it for moro than week
or SO. how do you know it was impossible?"
people might ask me, and very rightly too.
''You say there are cannibals who will cat
me. 1t may be true but have one CON-
fort, they cannot eat me before they kill me.
Can they?" "No, certainly not" "You
say they will fight me. / have had wars
enough already on this expedition, and