, 1879-07-03
DE SERPA PINTO.

recent years. There ,s no longer any mystery
about the sources OF the Nile; the Equatorial
hikes have been surveyed aud mapped; the zam-
besi, chief river OF tho Eastern Const, has been
Traced almost t. it's SourcGs aud the lntest puz-
zlc Of the georraphers, tho Lualaba, the great
river Of the Interior that ran no man know
whittier. until Stanley hnated down Its broad
current, has bcen identified with the Congo. The
light thrown into the depths Of The Dark CONT.
neut by Livingstone, Cameron, Stanley, a',d
many explorers Of lesser fame, doos not, hon.
ever, scem to hare taken AWAY an5 OF it, fasci-
uationa for adventurous minds. Stanley him
self Is on the Eastern Coast, near the scenes OF
his nrst exploits, preparing for an expedition
tic purpose Of which Ia nbt digulgcl. A Bel
giau pnrty Is In the field, aud Its first report
came tue osller day from Brussels; and now we
have bq the latest transatlantic mnls the ac-
count given by q portugncso explorer, to tho
Royal Geographical Society Of LISBON, Of Ills
Journey from 1T. Paul dc Loando to Transyaal
and Natal. Tho purpose OF thesr recent eiforts,
It would seem, IS to brualen tue Rrea OF knowl-
edge of South Africa from 0cenn to ocean, ut'd
fiji up the wide gaps Oh the map between the
nn!row strips ot explored territory.
1t was with this end III View tint Alexander
Albert de serpa Pinto, u voting Poriugese
traveller, SIT out. In March, 1878, from Bile, m
Interior tratlingpoas Uelonglng to ll,s country.
men, IN BsngueIa, on the WeseGoast IS! OIL, Me had
Ills companions, Capt. capello aud Lieut..
sucus. supposhlx 10 would not be able to 70
any further. lett him In thu care Of neR.o
Eurups in ca'y Lp should rcsoycr. The olack
physicians upplicd eechcst A1l"'oYer his body,
which nearly sucked him dry IT blood, md then
covered f.iul With quantity OF snall horns
treatment ilv got seils a1 lcaenllK that lacotn-
raucs ad gone to the nurti,uAat. he set niout or-
gantzIug an expedition to tha southeast. Ills
most important wunt WIS arms, aaltl this llc sup.
plfeI by gathering up RaTsntF-tour disabled
Snyder rifles which Cameron lnt LETT In
the country. fmprovistng lortses md putting
them in order, aIll naaufaptnr{ng &c, cart
ridges. Ills route rti lirst III the Nourse Mv.r,
| which he found was nayIgable above the Inst
ialls. THEN he crossed 1,!Gt table'la,ids to the
main strea1a Of The Za,nbqsi,. called by the
uatIves the greatcst river in thc world" IL II
men, furnished by powerful nuaro King,
| wIuse daughter accom- pancd the expedition Us
Cotnmantler.in-Chfef OF the forres.. The Amazon
Princess desired to marry the explorer. but, r..
ncn,bcring ti'at lle had . wife IN Portugal
awaiting Ills return, he firmly refused the latter
Ing ufter.
In ibis rcclon Dc scrpa Pinto fo,ind tribe as
whito as Europeane, with features resembling
tllrtr heads No previous explorers encounter
ed these extraordinary puoplc, mud tue descrtp.
ton given u them rcaus IKE il'e g storlrs @ ot
s19n II . IL arra ,t,suf assf, L ate asg T.
r!usiyely Of tnulcnse brakes, wcra trayerssd.
Mnuy wild elephants wcre xecn. and jaguars
wcrc unpieasantly abundant. Like Stanley,
tie natiys:. On tic 9TH Of September, 1873, an
army of negroes 1nade might attack ipoo h!H
ra.np, antl wero only beatca. ~ al
tss eak nanorx esra x s wfh aaoss ,sfa aa ~ 'i{ IL
tronnries hs discovered .cvcrty-two
iails u,,.t rapids on ule Liambat, the nortlicrn
lFanch Of the great river, anu lnbtc careful
studies of the Moston-runya, thu Vfctoria Fu!ls
Vi 1SO nintrGs. THE Intuition VI Dc SGtpa Pinto
was to traverse thu cuuntry Ut thu Alntubules,
which, lies west of the Iransyaal, but learnng
ot t.s n'pasasro Y % q as Ee',sli sxpe1't@!an 10y cou
tho ku!uhart Desert, the Sahara Of Suuth
Africa. Hcro he suffered terrible prisat!ona.
For four days tic was without food nnsl for
seven without water. He urriycd Ut tho Lin.
scyeral wsoks, ho finally reached Y Frcnch
missionary station nt busut0, in the barutos
country. From ll,eru i,o touraeyed TO Prc,orio,
The capital VI Iransyaal, on tlle way losing one
Of Ills men, who WAS killed by llor. T'len hu
travcrsca the lantl u the Zulua without acct-
tlunt, coming out q Durban on !hc coast. where
ho embarked for Egypt. ~ Zanzibar hs saw
The steamer OH board Of wllc6t he says, "lienry
Stnuley WAS preparing, with mucl, mystery. an
entcrprt.s utA'ut. Which there werc many yer.
June, bringing with hin, the seven Survivors
OF Its ntgro escort, and two other COM
radcs Of hls trayels,-A goat aud q par-
roqact, presented t. him by 3 lndY At
asross lt.c continent. the bird sometimes ridlnE
III. hts shoulder a',.l sulrtlrs flying ironl tres
to tres, al the goat trottlnE AlonG by Ills s1de,
d travelling dalry. that ncycr failed to supply
NJ luub. scpor Dc scrra Pinto wlll pnbs!. 4