The sun., 1892-09-19

While the day OF sensational discoveries
In Africa has gone by. an explorer OCCASION
ally emerges from the Dark Continent with
very interesting information. Such a jour
ney is that which Mr.. OSCAR BAUMANN
has just made in East Africa.
His Journey is remarkable In the first
place for the rapidity with which he marched
his expedition from the Indian Ocean to
Victoria Nyanza. making the distance inless
than three months. the best time on record.
After he had left Klllma-Njsro behind
him and had advanced far into Masailand.
he discovered q lofty. snow-covered noun
tain. he was not able to ascertain Its
height. but the natives report that Its top
is perpetually covered with snow. Not long
ago the only snow-crowned mountains In
Africa of which we had knowledge were
Killma-Njaro and Kenia. Since then STAN
LEY has found the remarkable snowy range
OF Ruwenzori. number Of whose submits
are probably snow-clad tho year round.
Now DR.. BAUMANN adds another to the
snow mountains Of Africa: and It is not .
little remarkable that all these Alpine sum-
mlts are found In the equatorial regions
where tropical heat prevails the year round
few thousand feet below tho region Of
eternal snow and glaciers.
Advancing little further west. DR.. BAu-
MANN discovered the mountain OF Gurui.
whose Inhabitants. many hundreds In num-
ber. live In caves that are found here and
there dotting the sides Of tho mountain. A
second mountain therefore has been found
In Africa containing numerous caves which
are used as human habitations. The other
mountain is Elgon. which lies northwest Of
BAUMANN's discovery near Victoria Nyanza.
DR.. BAuMANN has added ono more centre Of
cave-dwelling peoples to the six districts In
Africa which thus far have been known to
be inhabited by them. Cave dwellers have
been found not far from tho Mediterranean
In southern Tunis. In the middle OF the
Sahara Desert. at Victoria Nyanza, In
Katanga. and among tho Bushmen OF South
Africa.
DR.. BAUMANN then visited the almost un-
known Lake Manyara. which Is about sew
enty-six miles long and nineteen miles wide.
Its water Is very salt. and Its shores are
covered with thick saline deposits. Pursu-
ing his Journey further west. he emerged
from the Nasal plateau and suddenly came
after some days Journey to great depres-
sion filled with largo lake. To the south
the explorer could see only water horizon,
This is new discovery. The lake Ia known
by the Nasal as Lake Eiassl. On their
maraudlng expeditions among the tribes
west OF them the Nasal always skirt the
eastern shores of this lake. because large
tributary. probably the WembAre River
from the western highlands. reaches the
lake on it's west shore. and the Nasal find
1t difficult to cross this stream. Like Man
yara this lake has no outlet and its waters
are very salt.
DR.. BAUMANN believes that Lake Eiassl
may prove to be very large lake. and on
his return Journey to the coast he intends
to explore 1t. 1t Is remarkable fact
that In 1890 EMIN Pasha predicted the ex-
istence OF large body OF water in this very
region. basing his opinion upon his orni-
biological observations In Ugogo. far to the
southeast. In that semi-arid Land he saw
numerous water fowl. including pelicans.
flying to the northwest. and he wrote from
Tabora that "in tho country north OF here
there must be large lake or lakes which
are still unknown to us" This 10 strik-
| ipH illustration of tho dioturn OF Professor
| WALLACE that observations In one depart