, 1879-07-18
AFRICAN EXPLORATION.
The Expeditions Now in tho oafH
Contincnt-~-News from tno
Explorers. :.
o.,u.u. p.ls'sn, rreash, Italian English,
Portuguese, Amt'isas'~c'n' shals'dt
on ths Lower Congo.

corrr,putdtne6 Nrse Yark kter"'h'
'v1.spapEN, june 3o.--rrobablJ never oo'o'e
T., ,bn history OF African exploration have 30
,,,uy different expeditions been simultaneously
snm.crd ,n IN penetrating the interior OF the
m11.rk Continent" al at the present time, and
I, tbc ,ucccsa OF The explorers prove at all equal
n their cxerttons the last white' spot Will soon
disappear from the map of Africa. A summary
al lilo various expeditions now on the march
must, therefore, be Of interest 10 all readers
roocernca With lie geographical research Of our
globe. .,.-
dxHrARD AouLY3.
The only expedition which has taken the
Mediterranean conat for stnrt,nG point Il the
ono scut GU. by the African Society At Berlin,
undcr The command OF the wcll.known Gerhard
l,ohlfs, full account Of vi hich appeared In the
Neyaa Of April II last. The latest nsws from
this cxplorer 10 as foliows: The expedition loft
Tripolls on Dec. IL, 1878, consisting Of three
Europeans, two German servants, thirteen
native followers, and Twenty-Five can1els, and
arrived at the oasis Of Sokna, which Ties soma
GOO kfIomoters southeast from Tripolts. at the
foot Of the Black Mountains, on 1an. "a. Alter
six wecks' stay In camp, ralting for the Ger
man Elnpcror's pretents for tho 6nltzn Of
Wadnt, Rohlfs continued the march duo eaas
10 Jalo, distant eighty German milcst where he
arrived fu the first week Of April, Ha travelled
to this place by nc~ route, And visited on tile
way two new oases, which were preTio':a'y I'm.
known. flo will now huvc TO cross tract Of
sAndhills, eight dnys Acrnss, In order to reach
the oasis Of knfarah, which lies seven carnels'
nnrctes Or eighty ktlometcrs due south Of Jalo,
nrl tus never beforo been visited py Euro
pcnn. lilo had mot: yet succeeded tn obtaining
guides, a. mono were willing to enter the scrvee
OF Christians. mud ho tnaY have to buy slaves
in,cutis to push ou south 10 W'adai, aud thence
10 thu great bend of the Congo.
EXPEDITIONS rnoM THE EABT COAST.
Ever since tile days OF Burton, Spoke, and
Grant the cast coast Of Afr[cn, md especially
Tie Island u Zanzibar, has been tic favorable
INTERIOR: Cameron and Stanley both commenced
their, memorable Journeys there. At prcscut
there orc also several expeditions which havo
chosen Zanztbnr as their base The Belgian cx-
pcdition, sent out by the International African
Association, under the Presidency Of tue klnE
OF Belgium, has thus fur been Conspicuous for
tho III luck that has attended It's maErh. Two
u its mcmhe,s, cnots; crespel a',d Maes, died
and NAruo, tho 1taltan traveller, then made n
pre.inlIuory expedition as far as Mpwapwa, OH
tue road to Lako 1auganyika. They left
saaa4ni Jan: q, and returned 70 Tho coast aareh
Of some disaercement, md Gambler took COM
mana. On July last year be left Bagnmoyo
Tor tho Interior, accom panied by DR.. Dutrieux,
who has reaisa D. at Cairo for five years g
physician, aud eco native porters. On tbs 23d
tho expedition reached ,1womcro, WHOM 895 Of
the pUrtcrs deserted With great amount
Of bagEnge. Gambler vent op With the
there vaitcd iii Lieut.. Wanthier. smother Il mem. en-
ber, arrived from the coast with $50 now portors.
Gambler then pushed ahead 10 Tabora, the Arab
capital Of unyauycmbe, while hts assoc'ases fol-
ever, Wauthler died Of dyscutcry at IIekunpu,
near Lake ChayA, but Or. Dutr!eGx succeeded I'll
join!ng Gambler ut Tabors, nhere the last nd
Vices report the expedition TO be waiting for the
cnd ut The rainy season before golng on to Lake
Tanganyika. Meanwhile Can't. Popotin, Of the
Dclgtansgcnernl staff. aud DR.. VIM Henecl l,avp
left Brussels in April last to Join and reinforce
this Unfortunate expedition. There y belief
that STANLEY is acting in the interest OF the Bel.
Etan International Association, and that he Will
either organize uew expedition for this Society
or accompany the Batne Is leader or lnterpretcr.
mate. destination viii again be the Congo. Ho
lad brought With him astean, Launch and large
cutter, rs well as great quantity Of pierced Iron
piatch for tile protection OF the boats Willis pass
Ing through hostile roEtons
4 FRENCH EXPEDITION.
Athtrd explorer who has started from Znnzt-
bar Is the French Abbo Michel Alexandra De-
bAze, who has been sent out by the French
GovcF1nnrut with ~ approximation Of $4,000.
La contrast to the belElans the Aone hhs 80 far
April 81, and organized bis expedition at Zanzi-
bar iu less thun two months. On July Is lo
lett the coast, aud, after passing the Belgian
expedition on The WY, be reached Tabora Oct.
h.s 40U men. On the 10th he pissed through
Kroikuru, and on AurtI 2 he arrived at Ujtji, on
Lake TauganYlka, $50 days from the coast.
ssonr .aas sTSy s :as m'a d:snss VIC dsso
in 235 dnys. Dabaze nor iutcnls to estnblIsli
q station at the north end OF the lake, which be
leaves In charge Ut rcliable servants, while ho
goes on to tile Congo In order to found second
station, with bis remaining goods, at the mouth
Of tue Aruwiml. With these two bases Of sup.
piles he then proposes to explore ihr great nm
known regions betwcen the north end Of thu
south end of tho Muta Nzjge Lake, which now
form white spot Oh our uaps. :.
TIE ENGLISH ExrGp1T1oN.
Keith Johpsou, the son Of tho eminent En-
glssll photographer, Is tho leader Of an e1pe,lt
ston sent out BY Tie noya! Geographical societ,
With .he African exploration iuud. Having lef'
England in November laat hn reached Xanztbal
Jan. 8. Lie frst snado short expedition to the
% Usambara ! M'oa9tSins, north Of tho KIngait
nyeF ~ ys,.ed tnE The capital Of that eouu
prevented from beginning bis expedition by cx
ecpii.!sally heavy rains and swollen streams. Of
May H. however. he started With 1B8 followers
and crossed over to Dar.cs-1alaAn, on the mstu
land, In tllc sultai's steamer Star. The objec
of la expedition 10 10 reach the north end d
Lake Nynssa by new and direct route from th.
coast, aud then explore The unknown tract BE-
tween that lake mud tue south end OF ;,Tanganyl
ka. ue started on tho 10Th, and tnte0tts 10 i0l
low the road through Uxaratno a. far u I.ulill
and then ascend tho latter By It. main branch
the urranga- This route will take him throngt
totally unknown regions. lie is accompsnidt
BY Alr. Thomson as geologtst, und Chuma. Liy
iilgstono's fayortte companion, IL also among h!
followers.
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