New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-05-29

wmn sy" pr 40. 40: Houshton MtHiin Co.
4ryo,, the DAYS Of my boyhood,' saws Dr. lloIuo
IN nj, urrTacc. had been stirred WIN I'VE u'S"c
IN dryo;cmysclf in some way TO the cNpor'''''i vi
Africa" No reader Of thee fresh ami eh'fh'nS
volumes will doubt the strength OF ihiS "'Hi', VI
fail 70 admire the cnihuIa>n AMI hHioi''""'
energy Of the author The work IS not 81 very
great literary finish; il is diScur'i'c' iIi-afr""-'
and hastily written. Bat It's very artlrSNn".S AN"
lack If form increase rather than diminish It's ~
,o ,;,n if mot its value We feel IN realm. '"'V
Che anthor !. far too absorbed IN his theme /" care
much about tie appearance he makes anu "'o
xo,i,n tn his work carries one along WIN III" "'0
sistbly. ,.,.-.,..,.. :,
In 1879 DIR. IIolub sailed to Port Lllzah'th III
fame Colony. and shortly after settled III l"'"'-
saa,, in the diamond fields. lie started without
money. and was obliged to establish himself III
medical practice in orlcr to acquire the necessary
means to carry out hi, schemes. lie maze 'n''o
explorations. the first lasting two months ana 'A-
,enJiug AZ far aS Wondcrfoutcin, III the lr'nS-
xoaI which me REGARDED merely a. trial trlp' Inc
second--undcrtakcn after an interval oil SiN "'',"N,
.nent in getting the requisite money hV hlS h'"l''
nracticr-cxtcnd.d rs far rs SoNhone. the residence
If Khamc. King Of the Eastern Bamanewai"N III
latitude ~ south. The last and most Important
lasting ne rly two years, took the explorer Is '' 49,
the Zambcsl. and brought to an uhtnh''y 'H"
by an accident ,.o, o,o
The worl, is cxcelcntly translated though one
hos a susnicinn occasionally that it might nave
I'm reviscd bv n naturalist with advantage and
,he Illustrations though the cngravcr has apPt
rently done Dr. IIoub great injustice sun retain
enough spirit to justify their name.
The diamond fields seem to have attracted mnch
the same class Of adventures as tn" z I'D mines;
Ont of the large number OF thoN' WI" s, ',,
in quickly realizing large fortunes iarS' Pi"PuI
zion snuludcrrd their wealth a. rapidly rs lh'l ia"
nc0uircd it and ~ the new settlements soon ~;
SI,neJ themselves into dcnS of vice and drn"Iall
s,tou th, majority of thr populations belhS Ih'l"
adyentureTs, came utterly 10 gr''i.
4. ;;iexeG from the edge cf the surrounding clay
wills the appearance of of the great diamond
fields is so peculiar almost 10 DEFY amy N1i"tl
cratcr Which. previously 10 the excavations; was
filled To the very brink ON which we >iahd WIN N"i-
canic crPtions composed oil cl4,h"."I ,,"J
bearing earth. consisting NANNY, "I u,'"lup"'>,'
tnfa That crater now stands iull "l III" l'ctll-
rulnr claims dug out to every variety "i
drpth Before us are masses oi calth plFu up lIho
nilI.rs clustered like towers, or spread out III p'-
feuus: sometimes they seem standing erect aN walls
sometimes they descend III steps mere tcE ~el !"
r,u,re Themselves in terraces and there they gdl"
ns,luder as pits: altogether they combine 10 l"iH
n picture of such Wild confusion. that al diNh OF III
The palc glimmer of moons hInc. II would rcPur' u"
oIcat stretch of imagination To believe them the
ruins OF city of the past that a't'r me 'p''
OF centuries vas hcng brought airgSl I" nHW.
Nnt ouy illusion of this SORT Is all dlN~lrd as one
watches The restless activity of the thlongN mat
,rnnL, the bottom uf the deep dim hollow. he
vision of the city of the dead ul>S"iNcN hi" the
srsr of 4 IT,, inn, ant hill all i lite aud clgrrnr-~
and hustle The very eye grows confused al III"
labyrnth of wires stretching "ul Hike e'l' con
yNch over the space below. while the movements "i
thr countless packets making thcT tIdn,ilN DICK
ward and forward only add IL tie bcWildcfu"nt.
Meanwhile Ia the ear everything j. equally trying
there Is the h0ar~c ,rra ny o the WlndIas>S; th''
is the y rlsiual hum ui She wires; There Is l!i cl-
slant thud of the falling masses of sar.h; There Is
fhe uEcca>ing splash "i water from the pumps; aid
fhr>c combined with tho shouts AMI Nlnc.u& 81 me
labcrcrs, affect ih" nerves OF me N',''.,' i''
dcafcncd and giddy. b" Is sad L" ic'irt from lI"
strange and striking scene.
src.id,ncc in the diamond.Gcla- undoubtedly, has
various incunycnicncrs bat nO,llu- J., 30 t4uG as
the atmosphere. Every tay durih- ll. dt. ".-Ir
season, lungs eyes and ears are pa'rlriN d 'I
by the storms of dust thai lmpr'sh'io the au "ith
every conceivable kind OF filth. winch. P.n' .iAint
the HOUSES. de lies AZ u .'r~ MOI 'r~i". 'N -NhE
on which il rests. The work.T, DO th' di--l"r-
tnc drivers of wagons. and ali Who's" "crI"i i"'~
keep them long in t.r' open "ir. 81 'l"tAiy
Sufferers from tins cau-'
a. rainy season a." country is h"'i"d h' th'
violent doWupOur TIL rain often 90 up ti" ~a'll'"
bIlck. pan zone of tn ett Lin'> i."l ift uF' t'l
year living in a dcVr ~-Iin about bali ul.r i'ht
nj the south end of Jat"iiSpu'. 100 - sing" ""t
and as the immediate ,"nS-Puru" The >'r''N 81
kimberley become ~ driugcd .iiu 'he tidii' Is h-
NEEDED and foot passenger Gan oult with tlu'u
proceed nj all. The new corpora l"u htHrud' OF"
To- rrnlcOv this difficulty hN laying d.wn 'uii' u.s.
and taking other measures 4"r draining Inc
thoroughiarcs.
The extent to which ones devotion TO ,ri.ac,
will lead an enthusiast may be ,ccn FROM tie fol-
lowing:
In the interests of c.o-r,ical science il was al
WAYS my wish To As cri .Iu thr depth OF thr N'i'i-
rivers | Nplorcd. llt'us o." rou, a. "ihri aW'i"'
tus. my only rcoourc" n "r.'r 10 ~ iit h'a>I'-
mcnts | wanted was 90 NI', rchl llto ir NtIc1iiN.
Ipersevcrcd III dom ln' 'rl 'oHII i''l l"r,
fcctlv secure from tine attacks oi 'rncodir.. tuit
nn adventure hefcll me winch eayc me- such dis;
taste for experiment of tins Kind that a"andor'd
them altOs, Their II wa a hazard THAI alltD~i '.i