The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-04-11

port of his death and sending his per-
soDal kit, medicines, ETC., down the
Congo, leaving him naked OF necessaries
for his return to Emin.
by accident" he says, two hats,
pair of boots and flannel ilcket were
lefr, truly African kit with which to
return
The letter then proceeds to summar-
iZe what had been accomplished. Stan
ley says: We were 100 days in the
forest-one continuous, unbrOken. COM
pact fure,t. The grass land was ira
versed by us in eight days. The limits
of the forest along the edge of the grass
land are well marked. We saw it ex-
tending norIheasteTly, with its curves,
hays and capes just like seashore
Southw sterly it preserves the same
character. North and south the forest
area extends from Nyangive to the
southern borders OF Monbuttu. East
and west it embraces all from the Congo
at the mouth of the Aruwimi, to about
east longitude 30 degrees, latitude 40
degrees. How far west beyond the
Congo the forest reaches do not know
The super ficial extent OF the tract de-
scribed totally covered by forest is 2i6,-
900 square miles North of Congo, be-
tween Upoto and Aruwimi, the forest
embraces another 90 600 square miles.
Between Yambuya and Nyat "a we came
across i've ci itinct languages. The land
slopes gently from the crest of the pl.-
teau above the Nyanzi down to the
Congo River. from an altl'ude OF 51OO
feet to 400 feet above the sea. North
and South Of our track, through the
grass land, the face of the land was
much broken by groups of cones or iso-
lated mountain ridges. To the north we
saw no land higher than 5000 feet above
the sea, but bearing 2l5 degrees mag
netic At a distance of 90 miles from
our camp on the NyaLzl we saw tow
ering mountain, it's summit covered
with snow, prOpably 1900 feet or 49,
900 feet above tie SEA. 1t is called RuG =
vel z )rI, and will prove rival to Kill
manjarU. am not sure that It may not
prove t. be the Gordon Bennett Noun
tain in Gambaragara, but there are two
reasons Tor doubling if ii be the same
First, 1t is little too far west for the
position of the latter as given by me IN
1876 Secondly, we saw no snow on the
Gordon Bennett, | have met only three
natives who have seen the lake toward
the south. They agree that It Is large,
but not 30 large as the Albert Nyanza.
Referring to Emin Pasha, Mr.. Stanley
says the Pasha has two battalions, one
of about $50 rifles and the other of SAC
men. He is keeping up a line OF com
munication along the Nyanza and the
Nile, about lS0 mics in length. In the
Interior west of the Nile, he retains
three or four small stations. Altogether
he has with him about 5000 people. in
cluding women and children. On May
1, 1888, Emin Pasha came ashore from
his steamer and had a long talk with
Stanley. Emin said he had decid
ed that it was best that his
party should retire from where they
were. The Egyptians were willing tt
leave, but of the regulars composing th'
two st'alions, Emin had some doubt al
to their willingness to leave. They hat
led such a happy life. and would demul
at leaving a country where they haV'
enjoyed luxuries they cannot commar
in Egypt The soldiers are married anC
several have harems. Emin feared tina
if left behind all discipline among then
end: the more ambitious would aspire
to be chiefs by force, and from thes'
rivalries would spring hate and slaugh
ter, until none were left.
MIR, Stsnley's letter concludes as fol
lows The Pasha prop, sed to visit For
Bodo, taking Mr.. Jephson with him. A
Fort Bodo have left instructions to tn
officers to destroy the fort and accom-
pany the Pdsha 10 Nyanza. | hope t
meet them all again on the Nyanzt, as
intend making short cut to the Nyarz
along new road.