, 1879-07-14
ADVENTURES IN AFRICA,

Further Accounts of stnI. Plnto's Expcdl-
tion-Ifow Kisera Arc Formed In the In.
torlnr-A Nntlvo White Itaus-Tesrtb1c
lInrttst,ips among SavaEpa-Diseovsry OF q
Wandering Englfsllmnn.
The Lisbon correspondent Of the London
Standard, writing under date Of June 81, gives
the concluding ind fmost important portion OF
Maj. plnto's lecture on his explorations Ia
Africa. 1t IL as follows:
''Afded by The information received from the
natives, ] succeeded In determining tho SOURCES
Of the Cuaulo. All the creat rivers Of soutt,
Africa tave their sources In an Immense rich
plain 1.7Go metres above tic level Of the sea, In
II degrees south latitude. The way in which
rvcrs take their r1so and aru formed In Africa Is
curious. In the beginning slight humidity
is observable, resembling. the trIckIipg Of
u ANAL fountain; but by degrees tho current
swells, nnd suddenly, without having received
any visible attiucnts, becomes In enormous
sSs 81 &c rsa csaaas ss i ssy y sn ill., Il Will s sas ts
flowing between my feet. A little lower down,
descended It Ia a ran0c, accompanied by my
two llttlc b'aeks hero. Tho river Ia quito navt
gable I'll T. entsrs !. . tic zanbesi whsfs Living
known ut the present day IN Africa. It forms
many curves, which delay navigation. Many Of
the atllucnts Of the Cual,do are navsgab1c.
Thsra u cataract at the extremity, OF ono
been mentioned BY anybouy. There Is no con-
ncctton by water bctween thc CltAndo nslll tile
Cubango. lie colirse l followed was through
ungo.c-Uneo. which would lead lnc fro,n thy
Cuant!o to tie Uppcr Xambest, Tho ground
.rnycsse1 was all Inlry+ an iInntuse uarsi,.
Uns accompanied OH my passago through part
OF this region by uhtlyts generously supplied by
q friel1lY chlef. Thcro MAS 40 game; wutor
covered everything, Rnd We consequently sIf-
fered much misery aud many priyations.
I" here nndo ouo Of tic must curious diseor-
cries Of my journey. one day noticra that one
Of the carriers was white man. ue ba!onged
day. Agreat white people exists In South Al
slca. Their name Is Casscquer: they are whiter
than tho Caucaafans, niid in place 0f hair have
their hca1s covered with ANAL TUFTS Ut very
their eyes llka thoao Of tle Chinese. Tho met,
aro extremely robust. When they d!sciluyqe nti
arrow ut at, e1cpnunt :hc shaft fs completely
buried III tho at.[n!nl's body. They liye on roots
piles fail lnenl that they hold any rotations with
Tho notghbortnK races, tho Ambuelas, from
whom tlloy obtain food III cxehaugo for ivory.
T1,e CasseapeFes arc a. entirely noinudic race,
ment. They are tie only people in Afslea tint
do not cook their food In puts. They wander
nhout In groups OF from four to six families,
over all the territory lying, between thu Cucht
crossing Of tic Casseqaorcs with the nsgrocs ol
other races sprung tn0se nulattoes OF the Aouth
whutn thu English call bllstn,en. Tho latter
aro, however, better on tllau tfc Gas.
food, while tholr dtsposltons arc good, though
quits ouposud 10 civilization. / found It ncecs-
sary, during tho course Of my expedition, to
throw bridge across tic river, un account OF
Lilo numerous crocu4ies tlAt abounacl 10 the
strram, My nceruca ana mysclt constructed
tho hrllgo md Crossed In three days. All thts
territory Ia desoato+ Totnbs ara eYerywi,orc to
be mot with. recognized oun rs bcfl'g tllut of
natlvu Of Lisbon. Al this point, lho expedition
touched no fo'hi for l,e spacu ot lu3 hours. Wu
nltcrwar4 contsyc1 10 Obtain so,na aluissa
{eaaarY"seed). but osen so had Intervals Of fast
inE which !astc4 IRON forty to foEty.e!aht hours.
turtlcs, which Tho natives call 'calusnbcl1,' but
III tho zono TINT tic ungo-e.Ungo eEostrs 1t mns
iunoasible TO trust to turtles for supplying III
with tood+ Finding mysrlf and my companions
reduced 10 tl.a extrenio Of misery and possess
t'E but very snlall quantity Of goods, soat
to n Chief who, was iulormud, was not fur oil,
begging hnl 10 suoply ug with auno provisions.
Ihe Cnefs rculy was decided refusal. 1,was
then obliged to llayo rcc0ursc to al expe1tent
which ! canunt doicnl Gu Tic score Ut moral
1ty,-l ortuslly purloincd sone VI. tbs Chiefs
swect putatoes, which were very Acccptablo Ia
our Desperate situation, W. wcfc III thcao
critical circumstances when VIC succeeded In
reaching, l4u!.'
"Ds. Livingstone has related In Ills travels
the btstnry of the 1nypsfon Of lint country. Poo
plo ca.ns from, ths South, CONQUERED tAa lan4s,
los now extinct. The last member Of the raco,
an intimate {riend Of oale OF my black CON-
panlons hets ptsaons, was aseassinattd short
tIu,s ago near .hs Cuando, All South African
chlefa nre asvassinated sooner or luter. thero
met with q powerful! chtef, youth Ut ii, with
whom Ut once turned the snoat friendly rela.
tlnlls, 41u who 1nade mo prcsrut Of thirty
oxen. now discovered that 9 great cart of my
people wIsheu to'reiuTu to Dspsuells. called
thatn anta satd: You luaJ Ro; You aro free. !
you to submit 10 my W liz, I wh,ch / myself cannos
loresco.' Tie blucks OF ucueuella departed,
but tlose Of tho race OF travellers, tho ubeans,
EelnaiYed With me. There werr, 10 doubt ttn-
portant discoveries to be made to tue nurthcast.
lhera lies tue couatrY Of Tho 'Chocoluub1,' ex-
tea1ing IRON tho lIamLi to tbs Machlla anu
Iovpgue: Ileg arc barburians, und haa ones,
and will not permit within, thet territories
by y uegso of blho | obtaiusd the knowl-
edge VI eome very cur GUS farts which
this sayAKes u,ld Want Ut Eeaources did not per-
NIT 1na 10 seG, SAW by this map that the l1iust
southern sources OF tlle 'Luahba lies between