The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-01-10
SOUTH AFRICAN VOLCANOES
NEWS from A BRITISH EXPEEI-
TON.
Which Trnversed Virgin Territory Poo
spIcd by strange Cnnnib"ls.

one of two members of an expedition
to central Africa, partly sporting, part
ly exploring, of which we may expect
TO hear more when the other member
returns. Mr.. Arthur Sharp and Mr.. n.
S. Grogan arrived at Beira early in 1898,
and after making trial expedition
into Mashonaland and the nelghbotlns
region, they proceeded to Chinde, at
the mouth of the Zambesi with the
view of getting into the heart OF the
continent. Starting from Chinde in Oe-
tober, 1888, and proceeding up the Shire
to Lake Nyassa, they reached the south
end Of Lake Tanganyika after various
delays. The Stevenson road between
Lake Nyassa and Lake Tanganyika
was at that time in a rather unsatis-
factory condition, though since then,
we believe, the transport service has
been very much improved and the tel
egraph has been laid to the south end
of Lake Tanganyilla. While Mr.
Sharp, who has just returned to Eng
| land, looked after the baggage and the
people forming the caravan, Mr. Gro
gan was able to get excellent sport on
the plateau to the south of the lake.
When Mr.. Grogan returns to England
| he will, no doubt, be able to give inter-
esting details of the numerous side eX-
cursions which he made, while MI
Sharp kept along the main route.
| Some of the most interesting 1nforma-
| ton which Mr. Sharpe has to give con-
Germs the region lying between Lake
! Taneanylka and Lake Albert Edward
which, so far as we are aware, he and
his friend were the first to traverse
| from south to north.
ujujl. on the east shore of Lake Tan
ganyika, in German territory was their
point of departure for what may be
considered as comparatively new
ground, When they arrived there 1t
was found that the Germans had com
Wandered" if we may use the term,
nearly all the Arab dhows, while the
only available steamer was being used
by the Congo Free State officials Mr..
Sharp speaks in the highest terms of
the courtesy and hospitality of the Ger
man officials whom he met on the
shores Of Lake Tanganyika and of Lake
Kivu, to the north. They are energetic
in exploring the geography and re-
sources of their territory, the natives
have a wholesome respect and fear for
their authority, trade is encouraged,
and in every respect their presence Is
beneficial, The dhows of which the
German authorities at Ujiji had taken
possession We're to be used in case an
attack which was expected mainly
due to the utter Reorganization of the
country on the Congo Free State side
of the boundary, There are numerous
German stations all up the east shore
of Lake Tanganyika, and as far north
as the east shore of Lake I<ivu, which,
on the maps, is represented as within
the Congo Free State limit. But Mr..
Sharp saw no sign of any Congo State
stations or officers between the middle
of the Tanganyika shore and Lake Al
bert Edward a distance of some four
hundred miles, All the country on the
west of the German boundary. along
the west shore Of Lake Tanganyika,
and north nearly to Lake Albert Ed
ward, was overrun by cannibal hordes,
who, it would seem from the observa
tions made by Mr.. Grogan, had followed
in the wake of the Free State forces,
devastating the country and literally
eating up the inhabitants.
While endeavoring to cross the lava
IpFCiNd lVNipii W tiiN Ilbi III W iAHh'<
Kivu, Mr.. Grogan was witness of the
relics of carnibal horrors which he de-
scribes with details which we hesitate
to reproduce in these columns. 1t is
terrible to think that all the ablmi
nations are going on under the aegis of
civilized European government, For
tunately as we said, Germany has es-
tablished stations on Lake kivu and
around it within the Free State border
and we have no doubt her officials will
do their best to establish order
Lake Kivu discharges it's waters into
by the Rusisi river which
Mr.. Sharp and Mr.. Grogan thought
they had been the first to trace and to
map; but when they reached Lake !
Kivu they found that they had been |
by a German explorer, DIR. |
Kandt, who had been about the lake for
three years exploring, surveying and |
it's geology its flora and |
its fauna in the thorough way in which I
Germans are in the habit Of doing their
work. DR.. Kandt had walked all round
the lake taking four observations every |
minute, (of latitude and longitude, we |
the result being that the lake |
is found to be of a totally different |
shape from that which appears on our |
maps; and no wonder, for the only ex-
plorer who had been there before DR.. |
Kandt was Count Goetzen, who had |
only seen few miles on the northwest. |
The lake, Mr.. Sharp states, is believed |
to be extremely deep. it is surrounded |
by lofty and precipitous shores, stud |
ded everywhere with old volcanic Graz
ters, and has numerous islands rising |
from its surface. The water is brack-
ish andunpalatable, and there is abun-
dance Of fish, which seem to differ con-
sderabF in character from those which
inhabit Lake Tanganyika.
Perhaps the most remarkable feature
in the Kivu region are the volcanoes,
which lie around it at some little dis
lance to the north. Rising from the |
lofty plateau here there seem to be
three main volcanic mountains, on one
IF which are two craters, both in a
state of greater or less activity One Of
these oraters is distinctively active, and
according to native report there was
Violent eruption some three years ago. !
However this may be- the whole coun-
-ry is covered with lava, and both Mr.
Sharp and Mr.. Grogan, in their notes
which have reached us, describe it as
he most horrible and impossible coun-
ry that they have ever been in a com |