The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-24
SOLVED 4 TExED QUESTION.
African Kzpierers Tell at Last where the
Large ONO River Empties.

Large ONO River Empties.
According to a despatch from Rome to the
London Times. the Italian Biographical So
ciety on Sept. 10 announced the scientific results
Of the Inflated Bottego expedition to Lakes Ru.
dolf and Stefanie, south Of the western part of
Abyssinia and to the valley Of the upper Nile. A
few months ago this expedition was almost an.
initiated by Gala natives and its leader was
among the slain; but the results Of its expl ra-
tions were preserved, and they are among the
most important achieved by African explorers
in recent years. The routes OF tho party COW
cred about 300 miles of travel. OF which fully
one-half were through regions hitherto un-
known to explorers.
The chief discoveries. which are very briefly
summarized in the despatch. will arouse a gen.
eral desire for the details OF these important
contributions TO geographic Information Only
aline is given to the most important among
been found TO empty into Lake Rudolf. If the
evidence OF this statement is conclusive, it set
ties a long yexed geographical problem.
The ONO River rises among the mountains on
the southern border Of Shoa, the ancestral king
been able to tell exactly where its waters went
to. For some time Capt. Cecchi. the Italian ex.
Plorer, was a champion OF the idea that the
waters down the Jub River to the Indian Ocean.
Then Borelli followed the ONO down stream to
erly direction for l3o, miles, and then a
southerly turn; and the natives told him
Count Teleki and Lieut.. Won Hohnei discov.
must be Identical with Borell's Lake Shamburu:
the northern end of the lake. and. from native
Information: they believed that they fixed it's
lower course for forty five miles, and they were
certain that IT. was Identical with tie ONO.
himself.
Still this opinion was not positively estab-
lished by research, NJ. d'Abbadie had supposed
the river continued its course westwar TO Join
the white Nile. and Prof. p. Gilbert advanced
Nyanza. though Stanley had not found any great
river entering that lake IN the east side.
Then came the exploration. Of DR.. Donaldson
Smith OF Pennsylvania In lS94-95, during which
he visited Lake Rudolf and assembled its north
ern tributary. the Sianam. for about 100 miles.
but now changed his opinion. At the point
where he turned back the Nianam was only forty
yards wide. and b could not believe it to I've he
lower course OF the great ONO. To the north ne
saw lofty ,plateaus. and he concluded that the
Nianam had its origin among them. about 100
that the ONO must flow into the Jub River.
Now comes the positive assertion from the
botleSo expedition that the ONO flows into
with the Nianam., The party could advance it's
statement only alphabetically II 1t had not
actually traced the ONO from its known source
TO the lake. The particulars of the solution of
the ONO problem will be awaited with interest.
The expedition also explored the upper basin
sbs sh Nii SoS @bd River, I e large right tributary Of
unknown, though in 1876 DR.. Junker assembled
Il from its mouth for a distance of 1s5 miles.
southern range OF the Ethiopian Mountains,
and II discovered a large lake. known to
the explorers Regina Mamraabbet it MsS AZ fsh tba oy
side of Lake Rudolf. which no explorer has Wis.
ited before. was surveyed. This Is a ine record
that has reached Italy will be adequate for the
proper mapping OF the discoveries made.