New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-28
c,,rrcu OLE HIS CAREER.

SKETCH OF HIS CAREEER
,-orro,, Iovett Cameron, of the most as
inguished explorers Of Africa was ohe 'pn ~.
Eng;lsh clergyman. He was born al hau'poe,
WEYMOUTH. Dorsetshre. in 1871 and was euu0a''N
=, nr,,,op souors,tshre lie was appointed
osdst IN the British Navy in 1857, Insdf'p'i'' -
$50 n ,ub-lleutcnant In 1869, lieutenant N A.''
end n commander IN 1915. In November n'| he
len ENGLAND under the auspices OF the Hoya 20
graphical Society, IN charge OF the East C0as- A'
,nggtcne Belief Expedition. After some !no"''' -
hard marching he found that Livingstone was DEAD
He then determined to undertake march a.'o''
tho continent: and Il was this feat, achieved De-
tween 1873 and 1876 that gave him his chiei ianie'
ACCOMPANIED by W. E. Dillon, an assistant sur
ceon in the English Navy. Lieutenant Cameron
started from Zanzibar on February = 1910 en-
barking in two dhows with the necessary co1np.e-
rnent Of men and beasts and miscellaneous S''ie'
for the Journey The party consisted in additioh 10
the two Engiishmen. of between thirty ana forty
men, who were engaged soldiers, servants pof-
ters and donkey-drivers. under the direction Vi al
old native attendant Of Captain Speke WIN uo~eii
donkey-s which had been purchased at an average
nrice Of SIS a head. Meantime a nephew OF Dr. lh'-
incstone. Robert Moffat. volunteered or the expe-
dition having sold his little property at Natai LOT
the purpose OF devoting his life TO the cause OF
African exploration. on the 18th Of April the party
arrived at the outskirts Of the district OF MSiwh''
MANY DIFFICULTIES IN THE WAY.
Here the difficulties Of the expedition began In
earnest There cultivation all around with
fair show OF pumpkins, Indian corn and ;weet Io-
,atoes but no signs Of habitation except the thin
spires OF blue smoke which curled up from the
cumps Of deneest jungle. The people had been
driven nearly wild with fright on the march by the
sight OF armed natives and begged to return at
once to Bagamoyo Lieutenant Cameron was suffer-
ing from a severe attack Of fever, which even
made him delrious He could scarcely hod rim
i, ar1a ln1 n q
march was hardy able to stand The day after
his arrival at NIsuwah he received visit from the
chief who gave him permission to encamp near the
village.
THE DEATH OF LIVINGSTONE.
on May " tidpgs were brought Of the death OF
Moffat who had taken separate route. and was
Frustrated by a fatal attack OF fever on the road
The men were idle and decetful Striking their
work and attempting 70 deser, soon as they
had received their ratlons. In spite OF all obsta-
cles. the caravan completed the first stage Of the
Journey In the early part OF August. arriving at
Unyanyambe and meeting with hosptaDie recep-
ton from the Arabian governor. During their stay
here they suffered greatly from fever. the men de-
serted AT every chance and. although treated with
Kindness by the respectable Arabs they found
their situation anything but encouraging. Week
after week they lays there Ill., helpless almost
doubling whether they would ever get away alive.
At last "A sad cvcntful day arrived. 1T was"
wrote Cameron. ION October 90 as lay on my bed
PROSTATE listless and enfeebed from repeated at
tacks OF fever; my mind dazed and confused with
whrllng thoughts and fances of home and those
dear ones FAR away. that my servant. Mohammed
Malim. came running into my tent with letter in
his hand. | snatchel It from him. asking at the
same moment whore II came from. His only reply
was. some man bring him Tearing II open. |
found Jacob Wanwrlghts letter" Wainwrights
letter announced the death Of Livingstone
ALMOST DRIVEN To SUICIDE.
few days later the body Of that Illus
trlous missionary was brought Cameron at
Tnylnycmbc. Then Cameron and Dillon decided 10
press ON Till. % secure the box Of papers liv-
lngstonr had left But the OF starting Dillon
stricken with euteritis and was obliged TO set
for the coast his only chance OF life. leaving
Cameron T. continue the march inland alone. on
November Is. while in delIrum. Dillon killed him
self and the news Of the tragedy almost drove
Cameron to follow his example. lie bore up. how
ever. and pressed manfully on. Early In 1874 he
reached Kawtlt the chief town OF UjijL "On Feb
ruary j." h. wrote. Fifteen years and five days
from the time Burton discovered IT, my eyes rested
on the vast Tanganyika At first | could barely
realize it. Lying at the bottom of a steep descent
was q bright blue patch about mile long. then
some trees and beyond them great gray expanse
having the appearance Of sky with floating clouds
That the lake? said in disdain. looking at the
small blue patch below me. Nonsense 1T IL the
on me that the vast gray expanse the Tan
ranyika and that which I had supposed to be
the blue patch was only an inlet lighted up by
passing ray OF sun
FURTHER EXPLORATIONS.
In spite Of severe attacks OF fever and ophhalmia,
h. completed the entire crcumnavisation OF the
AXE in February 1874. lie found nnety-slx rivers
flowing It. besides torrents and spring. and only
one river-the I.ukuga. on the western cde-how-
Ing ont. Mr. Stanley and Livingstone had previously
established the fact that there was no northern out.
let the LukuSa was discovered at a Pght S Soono
crossed. in February. 1858. Cameron followed the
Lukuga westward for short distance and then
part Of the Congo Hostile tribes then confronted
him. and he turned to the southwest. into a region
never before explored He visited the great Chief
Of KosIngo. and spent four months at his capital.
Then he set out for the western coast traversing
the watershed between the great valleys OF the
Xamhcsi ana the Congo. He crossed the route by
to I,oanda, and found that the people remembered
him from his having riding OK. At the town
maps. Cameron reached the verge of that civi,iza-
ton which has been dfused from Portuguese settle
Finally. in November 1875. Cameron reached the
coast at BenSuea lie hSd made Journey o. S.c
blillel toll and unceasing danEers, he had taken
cicvaiion Thence. by way Of ioania. he returned
70 London whore. on April H. 1916. the Royal Geo
OF Edinburgh presiding and 81. James's Hall
nllei to Overlooking with dstingushed audience:
the explorer. on the platform were the tattered
remains OF the four British flags with which Cam
crOn started his expedition. together with two
smaller ones. which he made on the way and col
orod with native dyes.
Thereafter Cameron devoted himself to naval
service. TO exploration and to literary work. He
surveyed n railroad route through Asia Minor and
Persia to India. and with Burton explored the
"hlnterand" Of the Gold Coast He also did more
than almost any man Of his time for the suppress
sion of the slave trade. He the author of n
number OF books and articles travels and on
engineering. was a -. c. l.. OF oxford. member Of
hrty-odd learned societies. and received innumer-
able medals and other tokens OF honor from almost
every European Government