The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-06-12
DISCOVERIES BY DIR. EMIN.
AUTHENTIC NEWS or MS DOINGS
DURING FIFTEEN MONTHS.
he Has Solved the Problem or Lake Albert
Edward-The Long Mysterious Lake May
Now he Completely Mnppsd-Emin Ms.
covers the Only Active Volcano known
In Arr,cs-New.found Mountain Ranges.

In Arric.-New.round Mountain Ranges.
While oil sorts OF rumors have been aflont
about Emln Pnsha. and he has been repeatedly
reported to have succumbed to his hard
ships news comes at last from per.
fectly authentic source that ho has made
eomo extremely interesting geographical
discoveries. This news comes from DR..
stuhlmann. who was Emin's comrade on
his journey and who has written to his father
in Germany n brief report OF Fmin's discov-
cries. His letter ia published In P'eInnnn' 3
Muehn0en. and has also been reproduced in
Ls Mourenent GeoorophQue together with n
map showing the discoveries.
He hns. in fact, c,mplctcd tho exploration OF
that long mysterious lake. Mutan Nzige, or. rs
Stanley rename ed 1t on his last trip. Leke Al
bert Edward. Stanley explored tho north aud
east coasts OF tho lake. but its western and
southern shores remained underlined. 1t was.
therefore. not known how far II extended in
those directions. This Is tho problem
which Emin has solved. Stuhlmann says Emin
set ont without any intention whatever to re-
turn to his old province. but his idea was
merely to make n gcogra nhical investigation
OF the border land between the British and
German spheres especially with q view to fix
ing the position Of tho southern end of Lake
Albert Edward.
He started on March 30 last year. and cross
ing Stanley's route went into tho unknown
districts to the west until he renchedth south
ern const Of tho lnkc ut tho beginning of May.
He skirtcd the southern shores. continued his
march In n northerly direction along the west
coast. discovered ranges OF mountains west OF
the lake. one OF which Dr. stuhimnnn ascended
to height OF about ll,ooo iect. and finally
reach I'd tho w'st shore OF Albert Nyanza.
xrh In n 1ar N n m 40 NJ ia
former followers living at Kavalli, tho big
native town near tho southwest corner Of the
nae'e ,ow" ea' Wv so"'s. ~ o
lake. wnlch was the objective point Oh S'uhley
when he made his terrible march through tho
dense nrmevn forest, Emin learned from
his former comrades interesting details AS to
the melancholy fate OF his province. which
seems to have '"lnn into chaotic condition;
Out of this band 49, Souhanesc VINO mad
served him in Equatorial joined his expedition.
md liant IN with Emin alonD his northort
route west OF Albert Nyanza. as far as the 1turi
tr,hnt,rv ~ tha Cnnro Emin Ind not tha
s .r,pu.a,y o. ."e .onso. rn'n "at nVs tno
n ing wesr to 1 Dr. hs nc
mate intentions.
Whatever his purposc was it was defeated
through lack Of provisions and the imposs,-
bility OF secnsng carriers in districts secured
nv sinve hunters. He was compclled TO turn
south again. and began tho hom"ward journey
on Sept 30. following almost exactly the route
~ i', vi '"e GUY "n'u hintc"' me
expedition suffered severely irrm disease. in
adequate food supplies. and tho hostility of
the natives. anu fm,n hlmse'i iel' Ill and
nearly lost his eyesiEht.
Ill 49,. ,, 4. -, ,,,,s .a.a =. \,
Side The na a. On Dec 10 Dr Stib,m,nn
went on ID aj2nSss VIII those WIZ We're osst
a ,as 20 Ti, thn nn"ur Oh tne
coast 20 Vetora h Waited on ieS ays
inrs Of him IN TO Jan HI he VENT on ihis wnv
10 iIukoba WHARF ho nrriyn om Fan bn ms why
VII be ; pemnmb SIs that S ,6 on his
Monntain1 - vnrv 6ieh ueaE and That istartb.
EnSIisn and German Authorities. in Ming tho
hnmnTo RAG hatwann thar nnsSs.s;oma no ,hdo
the line deest t0 the me north to pass
says that i5is mountaia lies 70 the west q tic
the territory divided between tie Grmand nd and
brt,s tb pns ies IholIy Whip tho G"nGo state
aDnics W7 ch n ~ sx To Im,h sSIvereS
Of them ia almost nrrcinit"ts anil attans " y
ia called nv tho nntiVes Kiss;rnii anotbor
the most western OF tho range. whose nnm" j.
p tn o IL s a.t "a OF eruptlon' ana
fonnS IN enI,atoriai africo '' II was moL i
mildly when Emin saw it.
ard nd ~. IL 5t o e, Ea ,ar, hioert 70
Cns ottv hiiis fnIjnw"d ~. shoro, i've r;Sin
10 heipHt 81 Z, nm "nd o0n lot Tba inrG
tbereforn seams +" ia cntrsi U sUrronnmed No
mountains. They are 90 wooded to their summits,.
and even the precpitous p0rtions arc cover"i
with yerdure On tbe Iower slones mvriaS ~
Of parrots and chimuanSees were found u Vi
4 river emnties into the southorn and If thu |
lake. II has Width Of About W. feet cnm ne
from the territory Rnnnda' Ia known os The
and isundoubtediy one Of the ulti
Bnt1mb two very popmious tribes Wer a' fn tmg
BY Emin on his northern Journey. The rrent"r
part OF the country south Of the lake Is verv
nndulating and is covered with tall grass Hut |
forests are sparse. The geolocicnI Formation |
Is chiefly granite and srhistosc
DR.. Stuhlmann writes that tho Ceograpbicol |
results were highly satisfactory. MS Enin had |
with him scientiiic instrum ents md mndr tie |
most careful observations to asccrfnin lie liz
position and other facts. Ills |
HEIGHTS were measured by the nneroij |
ba rom eter.
of the last remain problems c0nnectedwl |
tho Nile. Whom Stanley first visited the Afri. |
ian lake regions no reached tho precipitous |
Ihores Of tho unknown lake. which has now
been explored He saw only so much OF 1t as
10 could determine through his glass from a |
Jingle point on tin, coast.
AT the mort horp and NJ fhe Iak ho nj n ND IN