, 1879-02-26
WESTERN AFRICA.
Return OF tho Host Successful OF Recent
Trench Exploring Expeditions.
London T1mts.

Return OF tho Most Successful Of Recent
french Exploring Expeditions.
London Times.
MM. 9aYnrEnnn dc Brnxza md Dr.. DaliaY
hare Just returned tD faFs, after tt,rco years.
hard work In the exploration Of tho RIyor Ogowo
In Western Africa. Tho results Of tho pro-
lougcd expedition arc so Important tint the
Paris Geographical eoc3ety resolved to present
NJ. do Brazza With Its "grcat gold medal for
t873"; TIC presentation was made Saturday by
Admiral La Ronc!cro Lo Noursy. Tile cxpctii-
tton, Of which Lieut.. do Brazza was Tho leader,
llad the corporation at first Of II. Marche, who,
In company with tho late Marquis do COM
piegnc, had already done much to adyanco our
Knowledge Of tho Ogowc. N. Murcho had. how
ever, on account OF his health, to giro no bis
work, arid return to Francc. NM. do Brazza
anl Dallay also suffered much from fever ut
first, ana wero indeed suffering when, In Au-
gust, 1875, they loft Lntnbaronc, tho cxtrcmo
limit OF tho European factories, to commence
the real work Of their campaign. For escort
they had dozen Laptoss, indigenous soldiers
from tlic French colony Of Senegal.
The explorers met with many difficulties and
discouragclnents from the hostility a1lA cupid
ity OF tic natives, anu IN the end It bccnHc
almost regular series OF battles. Tho COURSE
Of the Ugowc may be DIVIDED Into three nearly
equal parts ,77!lse upper, tho middle, nnd the
lower. Tl,c fI1tldle follows an Utmost straight
east and west co1lrsc Just south OF thu equator;
the two othcrs incline ab0lt icgrco n1ltl half
toward tlln aouth-tte one toward Its source,
tic uthcF toward Its mouth. Tllc MERCHANDISE
unl baggage Of thu explorers could only bc car
rlcd In rnnocs aud Nv tho or1ns Of tho nativcs,
who made terrible cxactto1s from the expcal-
tion, which was almost entirely IN their pooWor.
The first halt Was uadu Ut Lopc, lorEc village
on this upper Course OF tho OEoWc. n. dc l}raz-
n penetrated into tho country OF tho Fairs,
those tino cannlhals whose praises are sunE by
Burton, with wIUm lIo WIS able to enter into
friendly relations; aud hc succeeded tn reachlnE
Dune, position considerably advanced on the
Upper corsc Of the river. u. Do Brazza s1if.
fered til tts Journey, nEitl on 11 return hau to
let his coinpaltuns adVance to Dunno without
him; hc WIS only aple to re1oln them In April,
1877.
Tho further progress Of tic expedition Was
almost stopped by the Adumas, who, IN the
pretext tint the whites had introduced tho eHal!-
pox. wanted to mulet tl!c expedition Of the
greater part or IT'S baggage. u WAS only ny q
rHso tint tho c1plorers were als1c to cot out OF
the clutches ut tl.e Alu'Nas. anl after many
'daugcrs from the numerous rapids the party
foand themselves together ngatll at the fall OF
Poubnra. Above th!a tho oEoTo bcconiea an H.
significant stream. llcre tl!u exploration might
been Ip!shcd,-ylz., the solution OF tho
question as to whether tho Og0wa rose III
my greut interior lake: It was clear IL did not.
However, aftcr 4 few daYs'B rest, tlle explorers,
In spite uf their brokcn'down condition md thu
exhaustion Of tlcr lcanllrres, left thu basin OF
tic Og0we In Mnrch 1878, to penetrate still fur
fpf ,ntn thG Interior, SO badly did tic nAttYGR