The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-11-28
HENRY N. srANLEY.

The British Consul at Zanzibar, on the
.o,t coost of Africa, has received the follow
| INC communication from Explorer Henry
NJ Stanley. who is ON his return from the
s,nedition into the interior of the continent:
| oGyRyAN STATION, MPwAPwA, Nov. If, 1889.
"Desr Sir-We arrived here yesterday ON
,he ffty-ffth day from Victoria Nyanza aud
| ,be lSsth day from the Albert NyanZa. We
number altogether about 100 souls. Al
the last muster, three days ago, Emin
I pachas people numbered 29i, OF whom
n are children, mostly orphans
Il, Eryptian officers The whites with mo
are lieutenant Stairs, Captain Nelson,
Mounteney, Jephson, Surgeon Parke. Will
lam Bormy, Mr.. Hoffman, Emin Pacha and
his daughter, Captain Casati, Signor Marco
and Tunisian, Vitu HaSsan, and an npothe-
cary. We have also Peres Girault and
Schinze, Of the Algerian mission. Among
,he nrincipal officers of the Pacha are the
|Vakeers, Of the Equatorial province, and
Major Awash Eifondi. of the Second bat
TALON
"Since leaving Victoria Nyanza we have
lost eighteen Of the Pacha's people and one
native of Zanzibar. who was killed while we
were parleying with hostile people. Every
||oiher expedition | have led has seen the
bghtening of our labors rs we drew near
tha sea. hut | cannot say the same of this
pne Our long string of hammock bearers
tells different tale and until we place
these poor things ON shipboard there viii be
norest forus The worst of IL is we have not
she privilege Of showing Mt Zanzibar the full
Extent Of our labors After carrying some
bf them 1000 miles, fighting to the right and
EFT of the sick driving Warasura from their
lrey over range and range of mountains,
With every energy on the full ST. N, they
|lip through our hands and die III cir ham,
hooks One lady, 'seventy-dve years OF age,
khe old mother of the Valkiel, died in this
hammer IN North Msukuina, soubh VI VIZ
(oria NyanzR.
"We had as stirring n time for four days
we had anywhere For those four days
We had continuous fighting during the great
part Of daylight hours. The foolish ma
ives took an unaccountable prejudice To
he Pacha's people. They insisted that they
we're cannibals and had come To their coun-
ry for no good Talking to them was OF no
se. ANY attempt at disproof drove them
htn white hot rage and in their ID hinging
bf themselves ON us they suffered.
~ am advised that the route TO the sen vlf
Bimba and Mwene is the best for one thinf
bat specially appears desirable to me-af
bundance Of food. propose to adopt that
ne. As regards the danger of an ATTACH
his road seems Ia me to be as bad rs anothei.
I'VE have made the unexpected discovery,
ID real value in Africa, of n considerable eS
<Iension of the Victoria Nyanza to the soutlt-
keSt The utmost southerly reach OF thfi
Extension is south latitude : degrees and Y
I hinutes, which brings the Victorian Sdi
fithin l55 miles only from Lake Ianganylke.
|W "l was 50 certain in my mind that this fact
4 pas known through the many voyages ot
b. Church Missionary Society to Uganda,
bat do not feel particularly moved by IL.
fackay, however, showed me the latest
baps published by the society, and l saw
bat not one had even "A suspicion of 1t. On
be road here made rough sketch OF IT.
nd find that the area of the great lake !:
pw increased by this discovery 10 26,9OC
luare miles, which is just about 1900 square
biles larger than the reputed exaggerations
Captain Speke.
IF YOU will glance at n map OF the lake
ward the southwest you will find that tn,
last line runs about west-northwest and
lst-southeast: but this coast line so drawn
insists mainly of Il series of large and noun
lnous islands, many of them well peopled,
hich overlap one another. South of these
lands is a large body of water, just discoy'
ed Lake Uriji, also which Captain Spekt
slightly sketched. 1t turns ont TO be q
Fry respectable lake, with populated island
II hope that we shall meet before long.
i beg 20 remain your obedient servant.
HENRY NJ. STANLEY.
To the British Consul-Gencral at Zsnzi