The New York herald., 1878-02-28


rws in latitude deg Is min As south, o. ne
Jules and volume OF 24O. 900 cubic feet Of water.
He believed that tho Lualaba and the Congo we.s s
10 Ssssudo sa@s him ns irom Has ,ssius noby
overcoming all obstacles, succeeded In getsiog
canoes and in engaging an Arab cbief. with hs sot
lowers, 10 accomnany hin IA certain distance rne
ran to the north apparently IN tho direction o.
the sources OF the Milo. He knew nohng OF the fact
that the southern part OF The Alserl Niyanzi
had been explored by Gessi and that ne
,srgs nvsr flowed INTO u. asss,m,sss wr,,lug "0M
stick to the Lusaba, come fair or ioul fortune o!
misfortune have supplies for six mouths; oeyono
that Heaven knows wnat will become Of US II We
should ind The Lcalaba running INTO some unknown
river" Hesarled for the north; found The hrst three
weeks OF ms Journey d'shsar'enng am VII sns
ing northward along The river. HIS followers got 20
be dishearlened aud tnreatsned 10 abandon him. ne
resolved leave his trackcss path In the forests
and TO try the river His proposal was ao'
cedsa to- and at deg. 33 min., II sec
S SaA p being sss
and when cmOarkng asked his men 20 ioiio" nl'n
'ln the OF God" Fifty OF the youness. steppes
up and shouted out, sin the name ol Coo, thon
master, we viii follow you' (,
DAYS or TRIAL.
The rescuo Of Pocock from the thirty canoes neal
the first island they evcpt OF thrilling In
terest. Then began The terrible trials oi endurance
,ud nsAss vnon -. posr Congo TO add 10 he
trials tho smallpox broke out among w
Arab escort. and there we're eighteen DEAN.
three days. while others o the party were attacked
by aysentery, and ulcers appeared upon Tue imos oi
many IN consequence OF their severe mArchinRi
iSS ass asosrspnio.i % IN mics norm Of Nyanswo th.ir
boats. IN s.aney's ian9page were ht.io sss
smallpox aione, while In tins condition they were
again attacked by the natives ~ continual Assaults
for two days two nights, botn by land and water
the whole country being up in arms against them
So constant wore these attacks that they were Nm
nble 10 bury their dead or attend 10 those
who, having been wounded with he poisoned arrows
had become del rous he poison. Having passed
this peril their Arab escort resolved 10 leave tnen,
and Stanley ie his owu followers would also
return but at this critical moment he says tney $1,000
On January 4 1877, the dreaded canniba regions
were entered Here thev were nanIed, ngnt ana aay,
like game breaKipg four times through lines OF hostile
br0ught together 10 obsruct their passage uown
tho rivers and they continued under these incessMnt
attacks until they reached wnat he calls Bhswa ass
which Is CLOSE 10 Inc Equator latitude SO mn 80 sec
south.
work repeIing these constant attacks, IN search
ing Tor tood and in getting over distance Of iorty.
two geographical miles, IN which they had 20 60 around
six ias drug their tnan thirty miles ~
land. and TO cut track Of thirteen miles through
dense forest transport the Lady Alice around tho
catAracts Near second parallel oil north latitude
the river made great curve TO tho west and then
flowed southeasterly, with width oi from
two 10 ten miles. All attempts to communicate WIN
The natives thus point failed and tho party were ~
danger OF starving, being lhree days without food.
They sought tho Lett bank and found them, much 70
Of this people what was the name o me
river The old man answered, "Akusa-ya kcngor
The great problem was solved me tSssoa o, rxsr xsv
They were yot, however. 800 m les from tho Atlantic
coast having come, thus far 900 miles along the river
pssoExpIxa TIN CONGO.
As they descended beyond II deg east Longitude,
the Congo spreads oa. in.o an enormous Orsao.n n
aud then nows as me majestic and calm calm
OF 5SS feet lie found people In this region very
friendly. II 10 navigable tor ITO miles from Us
mouth to Tho hrss RAPIDS ana osy'na ,no% ios
which flo y into II from the north and south would
give l.2o0 miles and psrbaps. more He estimates
ono thousand miles in length, the Nakua or Kwango
to be fve hundred mcs while there are iour or
rye ohers Which from Their breadth, ne r., tniSxs I'
he says, has greater length than tho Congo, bat
that the Congo could furnish water for three
ior commerce than the Nile, as the Congo has ts
rapids concentrated In two places, and Is not
Therefore lixs the N's frequently intsr.apssa Oy
ward on the Upper Congo terminates; has six great
falls, while tne lower series has s'xty.lwo
ones. Once above the lower cataracts. ne says. We
have the halt OF Africa before US, With no intorrup.
ton ike the desert regions the Niie but vast
acauain ted being SO thickly inhabited
THE rAULrFIxDERs ANSWERED.
in England, tor the wariike onests and destruction
Of savage ne that attended MS explorat,on p!10.
this % tourney
Central Africa and that OF Lieutsnant Cameron, In
whose track any one may hereafter peacefully follow
tame and this condemnation OF Mr.. Stanley Is very
unreasonable. What Stanley encountered n
Of Nyanawa told both Livingstone and Cam.
erou they must expect to dnd II they attempted
10 follow the Luaabu 10 its course TO tho north For
utxy ln0U hafn APnh
slave traders BARRED and desoated tho interiof
OF Central Africa, north and south Of tho Equa
to, IN the prcsecumon y.r ns n".n .sIs ,ssi,
raids 10 penetrate the region IN the vicinity OF
the EQUATOR either from the north or from the south,
oven with the advantage OF firearms, havcg always
bcen resisted by the warliks people who dwell
there. Strange, moreover, A. II may appear.
The ourncys both OF Du cbalu and schweinfur,h are
highly intelligent. brave aud honest; and when
Stanley, a White man, with body OF followers
. most natural one, that he and his party were
slave traders, whose attempt 10 get into tue
county was 70 be resisted oy every means w''an nm
beginning, and continued to be attacked until he
came TO that prt OF tue river where natIvos dwolt
who had intercourse with The Atlantic coast In no
other way would II have been possible Tor him TO nave
follow ed the river as did for l. 500 miles. aud
but man oi his ndomitable perseverance,, courage,
sagacy and TACT could have carried through such an
exploration, which Is one OF the most remarkable
on record. Whom his exploration OF the Congo
the far distant sources OF the Nile, In the
river that enters Ut the southern part OF Lake
Ukercwe Victoria NiyaDza); his successful circup-
navigation Of that great nKe the investigation OF ts
tributaries aud what he sscertaincd m respect to Lake
Tanganika, both his first and bis last examn
OF II, II may be truthuiy said that no ono man has
ever explorations upon the land, done so much Io1
the acquisition oil geographical Information.
GEOGRAPHICAL RESULTS
1t remains bat refer to tho geographical knowl.
ed2o which bccn obtained by this remark bie ex-
pioraton. Tue entire area drainei oy tMnis ms
great African river Stanley computes at $50, 600
square miles, 45O. 900 square miles o! which
10 lAken up by the great basin snd the naritime
regions Of tue west The source Of the Congo as
now ascertaincd Is in the high plateau south OF Lake
Tanganyka in a country commonly called Beza, or
Ubexp, but from Mossa Lake 10 the river
LusIaba no European knows anything OF lts
atilusuts. Tho Congo Issues from Lake Bembo.
called by Livp gston, who discovered II, Bangweio
After Issuing from Like Bembo the river IL known ny
the name Of the Luapura which, aftor course Of
nearly Two hundred miles, empiies into Lake
Noora, q body of water OF about Two thousand
eight hundred square miles Issuing from this latter
lake u takes the name OF the Luaabs, and has an
important tributary called the Kamaionda. Under
the name oil the Luaabu, tho river hows IN drection
north by west, with a breadth Of ABOUT !, 400
va rds At Nyanqwa. Stanley computes its di -