Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-11-22
WHERE STANLEY Is.
The Story of His Battles and Discov-
cries on His Last Expedition.

The Zanzibar correspondent of the New York
Herald has received from Mr.. Smith, the act
ng British consul at Zanzibar, the following
letter from Henry NJ. Stanley. dated German
Station, Mpwapwa, November IL, 1899:
Dear Sir: We arrived here yesterday, the
ifty-ffth day from Victoria Nyanza and the
me hundred and eighty-eighth day from the
Albert MAMA We number altogether about
30 souls. At last muster, three days ago,
Emin Pasha's people numbered 294, of whom
80 are children. mostly the orphans Of Egypt
ian officers. The whites with me are Lieut.
stairs, Capt Nelson. Mounteney, Jephson,
surgeon Parke, VIM. Bomy, Mr.. Hoffman
Emin Pasha and his daughter. Capt. Casati,
Signor Marco and Tunisian. Vitu Hassan. an
apotheeary. We have also Messrs. Peres Cir
ault and Scheme of the Algerian mission
Among the principal officers of the Pas ha are
Nakeers of the Equatorial province and Major
Awash Efendi of the second battalion.
sTASLEY's LOSSES
''Since leaving Victoria Nyanza we have lost
eighteen OF the pasha's people and one native
OF Zanzibar, who was killed while we were par
leying with hostile people. Every other expe-
dition have led has seen a tightening of our
labors as we drew near the sea, but cannot
say the same of this one Our long string of
I'll we place these poor things on shipboard
there Will be no rest for u.s.
The worst of il is we have not the privilege
Of showing at Zanzibar the full extent of our
iabors. After carrying some Of them l 600 miles
fighting to the right and left of the sick driving
Warasura from their prey over range and range
OF mountains with every energy on full strain,
they slip through our hands and die in the
hammpcks. One lady, seventy-fiye years old.
the mother of the valkiel, died in this manner
III North Usukuma.
STIRRING TIME.
''South Of Victoria Nyanza we had as stirring
a time for four days as we had anywhere. For
those four days we had continuous fighting
during the greater part of the day. The fool
lsh natives took an unaccountable prejudice
10 the Pashas people. They insisted that they
were cannibals and had come to their country
Tor no good. Talking to them was of no
use. ANY attempt at disprOof drove them into
a white, hot rage and in their mad fiinging of
themselves ON US they suffered.
Il am advised that the route to Zavia Simba
Mpene Js the best for one thing that specially
appears desirable to mean abundance of food.
! propose to adopt that line. As regards the
danger of an attack, one road seems to me as
bad as another.
AN UNEXPECTED DISCOVERY.
I'VE have made an unexpected discovery of
real value. 1t is the extension Of the Victoria
Nyanza to the southwest The utmost southerly
reach of this extension is south latitude 90 48.
which brings Victoria NyanZa within 155 miles
only of Lake Tanganika. / was so certain in
my mind that this fact was known through the
many voyages of the church missionary societies
to Uganda that do not feel particularly moved
by it.
''Nackay. however. showed me the latest
maps published by the society and saw that
no one had even the suspicion Of it. On the
road here l made rough sketch of it and
ma that the area of the great lake is now in
creased by this discovery to 26 900 square
miles, which is about l 900 square miles larger
than the reputed exaggerations of Capt Spoke.
LOCATION OF THE LAKE
''If you will glance at the map of the lakes
toward the southwest you will find that their
coast line runs about west northwest and east
southeast But this coast line so drawn con-
slsts mainly ri a series of large mountainous
iSiands-many of them well peopled-which
overlap one another. South of these islands is
the large body OF water just discovered Lake
Crlll also, which Capt. Spoke so slightly
sketched, turns out to be very respectable
lake, with populated islands in it. hope that
We shall meet before long. / beg to remain
you Obedient servant, HENRY VI. STANLEY.
10 British consul general at Zanzibar"