New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-04

range Of forest -covered hills. These hills were
found to be merely a geographical episode, so
to speak. Beyond them the plateau continued
as before. In the valleys there were water and
vegetation but the upper plain. winch was, In
fact, broken bed Of lava, nOurished not even
a leaf. The first chain Of hills was but one OF
several. all Of which were parallel in course
west Of north. From this point the travellers
considered themselves To- be on ground preV-
OuSly unknown to Europeans. They nanel The
mountains. and from the volcanic plateau de-
scended some seven hundred feet to a level Of
far older geologic formation. In which the guide
promised to show them river frequented 10y
hippopotaml and crocodiles me result was that
after an exhausting search lasting far into The
night. they got small supply of water by dig
ging in the bed Of a stream which ran only after
rain. \ march of fifty miles had Ia he made
before thirst could be quenched again. Not only
that. but on the slopes Of "A mountain which the
natives called Nyro the explorers found the
first human beings they had seen since leaving
Lake Mbaringo But they could not credit the
warning that the lakes which they sought were
in a desert.
As they skirted the base Of this mountain
they came upon stretches Of volcanic scoriae
which cut the feet like knives. With every hour
the scene became more drcary Conical hillocks:
steep, rocky slopes and sharply cut ravlnes looked
like features Of a landscape which had barely
time to cool. But from the top of one slope
at last the lake. with its setting Of hills and
mountains. burst upon the view. " was real
lake. The quest had not beer for something
which did not exist. But the natives Of Mount
Nyio were right. There was not even blade
of grass to be seen. The field OF vision was
filed with streams If lava and craters ana
precipices If the lake and the outlines Of its
surroundings were beautiful. the details made
"veritabe hell" The last spring OF fresh water
days journey in the rear And now
they approached the lake. the one bit of bright
ness in a gloomy scene" only to find that the
water. clear as crystal tasted like lye. The al
diton of some tartaric acid made 1t bubble Ike
soda water In fact it was soda water.
At the north end Of the lake there was an ex-
tensve agricultural region. well populated. and,
as it turned out practically imNnetraDie To tne
explorers who were foiled in their hope Of skirt
ing the west side # the lake. II was a short
and easy journey comparatively to the smaller
lake. which lay L the east Of the north END 81
the great lake Its water was positively I'M
drlnkable and its shaOwness gave indications
that it was rapidly disappearing by evapora-
ton. This sheet of water was named Lake Ste'-
anie while the larger one became Lake ku-
dof.
The journey Of the caravan back 10 Lake
Mbaringo was rendered the more difficult by
lack Of proper material for barter. Inc laRe
tribes had all the iron they wanted In fact IL
was an iron region where the magnetic needle
was utterly faithless. Certain tribes wanted
beads only Of specific kind and these the eN.
plorers had not. other tribes refused to sell
cattle OF goats or sheep for anything but to-
bacco. and the supply OF tobacco II me caravan
had been exhausted. Many II IN" mon del
here and there on the way. NJ last cdttl" were
taken from the natives by force. Lieutenant
H0hnc denies the charge. however. that tn" acts
Of violence done 10y the expedition nave beeh IN
furious to subsequent travellers.
The enumeration If animals killed by Count
TelclI IS startling Al the rate nus Indicated.
Africa Will be as free from large VIVA animals
as North America before the passing away Of
children VINO are now alive. For tho number oi
hunters increases yearly. The Count shot
rhnocrroses and other great
beasts especially elephants and buffalo. IN pro-
portion His game book for the almost two years
Of the expedition Is translated in ono ~ tho APP
pendiccs The explorers added not a little To ne
material for science Numerous illustrations. /
mostly from photographs. alorn the work.