Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-29

went to Africa prepared to accept things
a. they were: 1 found great delicacy
of feeling, Once a band of warriors
visited me at my camp in the usual
state of nuditv. l insiste upon nv own
expedition wearing clothes, and these war
riors, seeing them, OWNED by instinct that
their own appearance might be distasteful
to ne. and the next day they reappeared
clothed. I can give another instance Of
kindly feeling and sympathy. A young
girl noticed one day had not any rings on;
l had merely left them of She felt so
sorry for me that she immediately drew
off the ring on her own finger and placed it
on mine
Mysterious Murniur of the Waves.
'I started TO explore Lake Chela on
April &c The descent is so precipitous we
had to slide down rocks, crawl over pros
trate trees and force our wav through the
forests, swinging from tree to tree like
monkeys. The high cliffs entirely surround
the lake, and there is q strange, weird still
ness, only broken by the murmur of the
waves; although how the waves were
caused L cannot discover, there being no
current, neither inlet or outlet We con-
structed a kind of raft, and thus circum-
navigated the lake, a distance of about six
miles. The lake is infested with crocodiles,
and is evidently very deep, as we failed to
touch the bottom. The heavy rains con-
siderably impeded our progress-unfortu-
nately it was the commencement of the
rainy season when / set out; we were
often IN to our armpits in the water and
marshes"
"How did YOU meet with your accident?"
81 was being carried in my palanquin
across a swollen torrent. The porters stum-
bled, and, seeing fall was inevitable, they
let me go, and was thrown into the water
from height of 40 feet. Had it mot been
for the palanquin j must have been killed;
as it was, greatly injured my spine. Then
the carriers dropped me again, with further
injury, and this was the sole cause of my
illness. 1 never had a touch of fever even,
but l suffered terrible agony from my fall,
and the forced marches in that state utterly
Frustrated me, j am still suffering and ill,
though much better. l attended the meet
ing of the association at Cardiff, and read
paper before them which was very well re-
ceived, but i suffered greatly from tho
strain in my weak state"
Rare Collection of Curios.
Upon the lawn the famous tent has been
erected, which was occupied by Mrs Shell
don during the whole of the expedition
Here she slept and received her audiences.
INSIDE was the paianquln which SO fortu-
nately saved her life in the terrible fall.
The photographs which Mrs. French Shell
pom has taKen are marvelouslv faithful in
reproducing the effects. The difficulties of
photography were very great, owing to the
enveloping clouds. The portraits of the
natives must have been instantaneous, the
exact expressions have been caught, even
the attitudes and actions They have in
telligent faces, full of life and expression,
while some are even handsome
Her collection of native ornaments, Jewels,
necklaces, bracelets, earrings, skins, spears,
baskets, cups and decorations of all sorts
are extremely fine. They are all neatly
labelled with the date and occasion of pre-
sentation or purchase, and may have inter-
esting histories attached. The whole, when
arranged, will form one of the most complete
and unique collections ever collected to-
gether. The enormous weight of jewelry
worn by native women would very seriously
impede, if it did not altogether weigh down,
an English woman. EGG.