, 1890-08-09
ague is ONLY Too commonf

SAT Vivi, there were more cases than
elsewhere, and the station waS about $50
feet higher than Bona, and not a swamp
was near it.
"At Stanley Pool, about LOO feet above
sea-ieyel, fever of g pcrnicious foGnl was
prevalent.
"Whilc ascending the Congo with the
wind aStern We we're unusually exempted
from aGue.
"But descending the Upper Congo, fac.
ing the wind, We were Smitleu With most
severe forms of it
"WIlile ascending the Aluwimi we seldom
thought OF African fevrr, but descending
tia canoes, meeting the win.i c0vreuss,
and carr iel towards it by -rivet.dary
aud paddle, w were speedily made aware
that ecclimatiZatiOn is slow.
''TheletOre il is pruvrd that from OTTO
5000 feet above the sea there is 40 iulmu-
nifty from fever and ague; that over forty
miles of lake water b, tween = camp and th.
other shore are no positive protection than
Thousand miles of river course may seIy.
dis Il fue TO convey malaria III IA concentrated
form that if there is a thick SCREEN nf
primeyal forest OF - grove of plantajns
between the dwelling-pla &c and a large
clearing or open cruntry there is, 0lIIy
danger Of the local malaria AROUND ,he
dwelling, which might be render ed harm
less by the slightest attention To he system.
but in the open country neither q house nor
a tent is sufficient protection, since he mir
enters by the doors Ofthe house, ana under
the flaps, and through the ventilatols TO
poison the inmates,
Hence we may infer that trees. tall
shrubbery, a high wall or close screen
lnterposed between the DIV +lling place and
the wind currents will mitigate their maIa.
rial IuHuknOp and Tho iuOCatn ,r;II ..t. -
subjected to local eXhalati0nS.
"Emin PaSha informed me that he always
took q mosquito curtain with him. as he
believed that 1t was an excellent protpctor
against miasmatic cNhalati0ns of the night.
Question, might not Il rpSpiratOr at-
tached to a veil; or face screen If musli1
assist III mitigating III 'Iarious effects when
the traveller finds himself in open reolons.'
AS u. matter OF fact, We believe a veil ora
mosquito curtain is found a useful proven
live III malarial reg ions.
Mr.. Stanley gives some natural history
notes which he obtained from Emin. Here,
for example, is a statement which he gives
in Emin's OWn words, hut which notwith.
standing is somewhat astounding
The forest Of MSongwa IN infested with
a large tribe of chrnranzees. In summer
time, at night, they frequently visit the
plantations of MSwa Stat ri to steal the
fruit. But what is remarkable abouc
this is the fact that they use torches 10
light the wayl Had | not Witnessed this
extraordinary spectacle personally. ! should
never have cTedited>that anyg0f the SINH
ans understood the ant Of making IRE.
zone of these SAME chin, lAnzees- stole
q native drum from the station alNl went
away pounding mterriIy nI il. fhcy III.
deptly delight in that drum for | have fire.
quently heard them rattling away at it in
the silence of the night.p.
The Importance Of this fact with regard
to iire,uSing lit is nor stated that thew are
fire making)chimpanzee& need not be point-
ed out. We cannot doubt the Acentacy Of
Mr.. StanleY's report, NOR The, trnatwortli-
ness OF Esnin.s Observaf iOfls3 but we should
like to. have more details. Great, exnec1a-
tiOns have been formed of Mr.. Staulev's
narrative of one of the most remarA able
African expeditions on record. These ex-
p%ectatiOns have not been disappointcd.
The reader who merely seeks for the ex-
clteInent OF adventure will find what he
seeks in almost every page We have
written enough to prove that the student
of SciencC and the, geographer will find the
narrative teening with novel and sugges-
tive. facts. There are no .doabt. a. few
marks OF haste aud fatigue on the part of
the author; but. the, work is altogether
worthy of MIR. StaulAy;A h.iHisnt r1oo..l