The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-12-11

The British Consul at Zanzibar, on the
last coast of Africa, has received the follow
ing communication from Explorer Henry
NJ. Stanley, who is on his return from the
expedition into the interior of the continent:
GERMAN STATION, MPwAPwA, Nov. II, 1880.
"Dear Sir-We arrived here yesterday on
the fifty-fifth day from Victoria Nyanza and
the 1ssth day from the Albert Nyanza. we
number altogether about $50 souls. Al
the last muster, three days ago, Emln
Pacha's people numbered 294, of whom
SO are children, mostly orphans
of Egyptian officers. The whites with me
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 apothe-
cary. We have also Peres Girault and
Schinze of the Algerian mission. Among
the principal officers of the Pacha are the
Walkers, of the Equatorial province, and
Major Awash Effendi, of the Second bat
talon.
ttSince 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
other expedition I have led has seen the
TIGHTENING of our labors as we drew near
tie sea, but I cannot say the same of this
one. Our long string Of hammock bearers
tells a different tale, and unit! we place
these poor things on shipboard there Will bt
no rest for u.s. The worst of it is we have mol
the privilege of showing at Zanzibar the 1ul
of them 1000 miles, fighting to the right and
left of the sick, driving Warasura from their
prev. over range and range Of mountains,
with every energy on the full strain, they
slip through our hands and die In their ham
moci,s, One lady, seventy-hve years OF age,
the old mother Of the Valkiel, died IN this
manner in North Msukuma, south OF VIC
toria Nyanza.
had as stirring time for four days
&c we had anvEhere. For those four days
we had continuous fighting aaHs5Sans s tne greaE
er part of daylight ihours The toolish ma
tives took an unaccountable preluoice &c
the Pacha's people: They INSISTED tnae @ Sney
were cannibals and had come to their coun'
try for no good. Talking to them was OF nc
use ANY attempt at disproof drove them
into white hot rage, and in their mad nlnglne
of themselves on us they suffered.
81 am advised that the route to she sea Vla
Simba and Mwene is the best for ohe thing
that specially appears desirable to mean
abundance of food propose to adopt thai
line. As regards the danger OF an attacK,
this road seems to me to be as BAD as announcer
1--WE have made the unexpected discovery,
of real value in Africa, of considerable e1'
tension of the Victoria Nyanza to the soutn'
west. The utmost southerly reach OF this
extension is south latitude 2 degrees and 4
minutes. which brings the Victorian Sea
within 155 miles only from Lake Tangany!Ka:
II was so certain in my mind that this fact
was known through the many voyages OF
the Church Missionary Society to UGANDA,
that do not feel particularly moved by IL:
Mackay, however, showed me the Iatesl
maps published by the society," and 1 sa"
that not one had even suspicion OF IL. Cn
the road here made a rough sketch OF IL:
and find that the area of the great lake Is
now increased by this discovery to 2o,9C
SQUARE miles, " hich is just about l9OO square
miles larger then the reputed exaggerauons
of Captain Speke.
If you will glance at map of the lake
toward the southwest you will lind that tne
coast line runs about west-northwest and
east-southeast; but this coast line SO drawn
consists mainly of series of large and noun
famous islands, many of them well peopled.
which overlap one another. South OF tnese
islands is large body of water, Just dlscov-
cred Lake Uriji, also which Captain SPeke
so slightly sketched. 1t turns out to be a
very respectable lake, with populated lslanos
on it.
II hone that we shall meet before long
II beg to remain your obedlent servant
"HENRY NJ. STANLEY.
ITO The British Consul-General at Zanzi-
baro