The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-07-03
CHAMBERS ROUTE IN EAST AFRICA.

ship could reach the land without detection.
A wealthy young American. William Aston
Chanler, left London on juno 4. hoping to
spend two years In that forbidden land and to
clear up its geographic mysteries. He has
been in Africa before as Nimrod. hunting big
game around the base OF Mount Kilima- Marc.
and on the elevated plains OF East Africa But
this is his debut as an explorer. and the young
man. not yet 25 years old. has a most am
bilious project in view. He has tho costliest
outfit ever takon to Africa His only white
comrade is Lieut. Won H0hnel. an Austrian
army officer. who. with Count Teleki.
was tho first to push successfully
into Gallaiand from the south. His caravan
will number 200 men ut tho start. and every
dollar OF the expense for a journey Of about
$500 miles. which Mr.. CHAMBER thinks will oc-
cupy two years. is paid from his private re-
sources. He is a brother-in-law OF Amelie
Rives Chanler. aud has a homo in New York
city filled with tho trophies Of his African
hunts. He has been seon very little in New
York. however,. for since he was graduated at
Harvard he has given full bent to his love OF
sport. and most OF the time has been chasing
the elephant and buffalo in African junCles.
Mr.. Chanler has started for the least known
part OF Africa. region stretching 1000 miles
from Cape Guardafui to the upper Nile and OF
wnlcn scarcely uOTc tiiiku U liuSc hhb peSi
revealed to us. He will attempt to win laurels
in the field where Won der Deckcn. Luceran.
Sacconi. Panajosi. and others have lost their
lives, and where dozen explorers like Miles.
Hildebrand. Graves. Revolt. James. and Boreli
have failed completely. or met with only mod
erate success. A single sheet Of one OF the
largest maps oil Africa embraces an area OF
10000 square miles in that region. and not
ono geographic fact shown on this sheet is
based on anything better than hearsay ma
tive information: and our maps OF the UNI
known horn OF Africa" would be moro barren
OF detail than they IL it had not been for the
tireless industry OF the Rev. Thomas Wake
field. missionary who. living on the east
coast since 1865. has lost no opportunity OF
collecting information about Gallaland from
natives who have struggled down to the sea.
The large mass OF manuscript notes he placed
in the hands of DR.. Rayenstcn. the leading
authority on Africa in England. has been n
mine for geographers, though Of course its
Wakefeld's Industry. however. and the
which hostile natives bar access, have shown
that. in spite Of the SEM. desert character OF
Part Of Somaliiandt ana 81 the country north OF
fertile and elevated plateaus, densely peopled
here and there by, tribes that are rich in
have reason 10 believe that in some OF these
Gala tribes men and a. women work to.
primitiye i h who never saw a White
man. till the soil with native plonghs drawn by
IF ana in rough tS
mountain ranges. and the regions where game
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fusion Of Negro blood while in The east they
doubtedly Of Hamitic stock. great family. OF
which the EEy9thanss are ths Gst
tho Dark Continent Is q point upon wheh
phioogists and ethnologists differ but their
to hs SGfr sts Nss r0
o, the rama River. and until he comes within
Ksnla through the gentle northern, slope Of
which the equator passeshe viii he iollowingin
good mouhianeerinc outfit. and DO hopes to
Isin feet In h b" ID SrSSnns
Next to Kilima- Marc. 1t is tho greatest. noun
tain in Africa, For his Journey north OF Kenia
which. it is hoped. will greatly contribute to
Ito WIN take inland a large number Of
iEg TIE strength Of hi men hi When Count
and ility OF thom succumbed during the terri.
Bile march suppose, his camels become use
TeleEl did not lsow. That in MarsaHit, a " few
arso that h0r IS rich els and bsors
Ss %H4 4sm to MaPss the stock of dr"us" AM"
His 200 mon not being exhausted as weight