Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-04-03

reduced to II. who related an awful story of
hairbreadth escapes and tragic scenes Three
had been slain: two were still feeble from
wounds; all except five bore on their bodies
the scars of arrow wounds week later.
August IL. we met the rear column of the ex-
petition at Bunalya."
STANLEY LEARNS OF BARrTELor's DEATH.
Here Stanley for the first time learned of the
murder of Major Barttelot by q Manyuema
man. Mr.. Bonney was the only white man in
the stockade. Jameson had gone to Stanley
falls, Troup had gone home an invalid. and
Ward was at Bangalia. After describing what
a wreck he found the rear column to be. STAN
ley complains of the officers at Yambuya too
readily accepting the deserters' report of his
death and sending his personal kit medicines.
&C.. down the Congo, leaving him naked of
dent, he says, two hats, fair pair of boots,
and flannel jacket were left. a truly African
kit with which to return"
A SUMMARY
In summarizing the results of the expedition,
Stanley says: 1--WE were 100 days in the forest
one continuous, unbroken, compact forest.
The grass land was traversed by us in eight
days. The limits of the forest along the edge
OF the grass land are well marked. We saw it
extending northeasterly. with its curves, bays
and capes just like seashore. Southwesterly
it preserved the same character North and
south the forest area extends from NyanZive to
the southern borders of Monbuttu. East and
west IT embraces all from the Congo. at the
mouth of the Aruwhimi, to about east longitude
~ degrees, latitude 40 degrees. How far west
beyond the Congo the forest reaches l do not
know The superficial extent of the tract
described totally covered by forest, is 246, 900
square miles. North of Congo, between Upoto
and Aruwhimi. the forest embraces another
$4,000 square miles. Between Yambuya and
NVAnZa VI aYpa HIstin Ian
The land slopes gently from the crest of the
plateau above the Nyanza down to the Congo
river, from altitude of $500 feet to 400 feet
above the sea. North and south of our track
through the grass land the fall of the land was
much broken by groups of cones or isolated
mountain ridges.
GREAT SNow-CAPPED MOUNTAIN.
"To the north we saw no land higher than
about 5000 feet above the sea. but bearing 215
degrees magnetic, at a distance of so miles
from our camp on the Nyanza, we saw a tower
ing mountain, its summit covered with snow
probably 1900 feet or 5000 feet above the
sea. 1t is called RuevenzOri and will prove a
rival to kllimanjaro. / am not sure that it NAV
not prove to be the Gordon Bennett mountain
IN Gambaragara, but there are two reasons for
doubling if it be the same. First, it is little
too far west for the position of the latter as
gwen by me IN 1876 Secondly, we saw no snow
on the Gordon Bennett Ihave met only three
natives VINO nave seen the lake toward the
south. They agree that it is large, but not so
large as the Albert Nyanza."
TALKS WITH EMIN PAsHA,
In closing his letter Stanley gives the results
Of his talks with Emin Pasha in reference to the
proposed departure of the latter Emin had
two battalions of regulars, the first consisting
of about $50 rifles and the second of $40 Be
Sides he had a respectable force of irreguars
sailors, artisans, clerks and servants. altogether
5000 or 10 900 people. The only thing which
caused Emin to hesitate about leaving was the
women and children of whom there was a
large number. Stanley advised him to let the
women walk, which he had found they could
endure as well as the men. and put the children
on dOnkeys. Emin thought it best to leave. but
feared his regular troops would refuse to go.
They had an easy time OF it with him. plenty of
provisions. such as they could not hope for in
Egypt, and many of them had married
Emin had with him about 100 Egyptians.
and these he was anxious to be rid of in any
event as they had done much to undermine
his authority. In closing Stanley says: Il left
Mr.. JephsOn thirteen Soudanese. and sent a
message to be read to the troops, as the pasha
requested Everything else is left until re-
turn. with the united expedition to the Nyanza
within two months. The pasta proposed to
visit Fort Bodo. taking Mr.. Jephson with him.
At Fort Bodo have left instructions to the Of
hcers to destroy the fort and accompany the
pasha to the Nyanza. / hope to meet them all
again on the NyanZa, as | intend making a
short cut to the NyanZa along a new route"