, 1879-06-27
AN AFRICAN EXPLORER.


The Explorations nf nfal. Dc serua .rIntn-
Ills Remarkable Journey fro.n Bopruelu
| tn Durham.
At Il tttno when not onlY England, but Bel.
g1nm, France. Italy, Portugal, md America arc
serlously occup!cd In prosecuting Afrca,. or.
poFatlon on large scno {aaYs tho correspond,
ent Of thc Daily lvta', writing from Alexandria
on sho ~ OF juno, tic arrival Of traveller II,
Europe second only to Mr. Btanley iu The px.
tent and Importance OF hls Journey across tho
Ozark Continent" Is ali ovcut Of no or{tiuory
interest. SnclI traveller Is the Young rprtu-
g,'rse, .Maf. dc sorpa-Plnto, who hus Til, vcol,
arrtyal In Egypt from zan.lbar und Alcn. en-
route fur Ltsoon, after 20 absence Of tyetny
months. In August, 1871, tho Portuguese CIV
esnlnent, laT'nE decided TO equip nu expedition,
ior tue exploration of Southern Africa nnll l,ay-
it!g voted sum OF Kl9, 900 Tor tho PURPOSE, the
Minister Of Marines selccted for tt. co;nmu,,tIcr
o. ths Important scrFfea an officer who Ind re.
hIdsd some time IN tho Portuguese colonics OF
africa, aluj. u acrpa-pinto. Startling from the
i,nia i, g.. setta,enent ~ OF engela on thu At
% Aueast, 1877. Nal. de- scrlla-rinto travcrtcd
ti'c Continent of Africa trun west 10 Gust, artlY-
.x,h snx a. ,u. ,nnfnsi on The Indian oecan. 30 deg
unnecessary to aludc hero to Tic thousand
hangers M nnl Aafr'brcauth esculps encountered
W te gallant hill! intrepid Traveller, All these
W. @ soI. % 'li',y Described 10 ths Majors fnrhcom
tn be not only TIC most Interesting volume of
tue scasnn to general readers, l,ut q prolonn,i
and vanRblo. study to tho geogranliical md
Other learned societies. '
Ma te berpA-Plnt0's t1iaFY oxtortfa m f1vc vn,
utncs Of closely written mattcr, h1,tl il y 1ne,!nl
ct prtGistnh ad detail, CONTAINING niiuo uf In
formation on oil scientit!c subjects htnTfn, ~,
sl's oelsc1 81 ais journey rle baronetfci
o1c.se n h1a 20 sst5onSnsal rscons no
ical ,stat.s,ics, aui ieit is 4 t.,rovn 1oo'oE- "
ts 1,aSI4, Lave 'sen matter q doubt and dispuic
twesg ean y sSar. a'f dot tssn,ure' psescsyed
countries e passe1 through; SEQ DRAW lngs Of
tue most remarkable placcs and scenes, ineiu1-
ths sohe lortY catasaets ut different punts Of
..,gs.s eol!eetton.ot isccta ad birds. 7l,e d.
seflntioh OF tfo SOURCES ut fur great rivers, ali
startlns from the sane nvtrhborhood.- .-Kalieu.
a. nTd a-i;sa, ot eae dscoyery of tte N!yer coanlo,
Zambes win plaea iiaj. To scrparjnio D ID tie tie
rat u rank OF African explurcrs. Like Stanley, |
Dc Ftnio 10 stnal!, spare man, loukiug some.
Mna1 o o'dsr 1sr MSn Is actual ses, Which is snIr
tliat such fran'a. not exactly weak, hut ccr-
ta'n!y not powerful could undergo 50 many |
harlslilps IL such journey tnyolyej. It Is tue
TINT Aa|; u serpa'tuio had eeen several
lls et'lutfy and Has acquainted with ku,lIr d!u.
lcct, but no amount Ut mere tratrtu.s can nrn-
dueo auch tnan will, atl Tho uecetsary nntura.
Qualifications. A curious epis0ae uf Us Tiulo'n
alu,ust entirely ut mets beloawit,.. to
. eannloal tribe. How nlu,y hu stnrlrd wlih
and how many he lost III Tonse viii Is dnly
recorded tn his book, but t.a arrived II Duflan
whom, owing 10 The Zulu war, b. Nus unable to
sell1 bark to their oxn country. He was therc-
fore obliged to send tlleIn On to Adm, ami
hruce. BY stsamer OF The Rfis!sIi.lndIa Com
ppuy to Lisbon Nherr In will tn4,t ti,.,,, l., :,
Esw DAYS and see to tllelr bsln1 tran>rurtcd to
tenguels, At Alden, Nal. Dc 8espa. Pinto re-
E!vcil intelligence, unfortunately unfayor4bie,
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