Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-05

Will" endeavoring to cross the lava-cov-
cred region TO the north of Lake Kivu, Mr.
Grogan was witness Of the relics of canni-
bal horrors which he describes with details
which we hesitate to reproduce in these
columns. 1t is terrible to think that all
these aboniEations are going on under the
aegis of a civilized European government.
Fortunately. as We said, Germany has es-
tablished stations Lake kivu and around
1t within the Free State border. and we
have no doubt her officials will do their
best to establish order
Lake kivu discharges its waters into
Tansanyika by the Russi river, which Mr.
Sharp and Mr.. GrCgan thought they had
been the first to trace and to map; but
" hen they reached Lake kivu they found
that they had been anticipated by Ger
man explorer, DR.. kandt. who had been
about the lake for three years exploring.
surveying and investigating its geology, Its
flora and its fauna in the thorough way
In which Germans are in the habit of do
Ing their work DR.. Kandt had walked all
round the lake. taking four observation
every minute tof latitude and longitude
We presume), the result being that the lake
is found to be of totally different shape
from that which appears on our maps, and
no wonder. for the only explorer who had
been there before DIR. kandt was Count
Goetzen. who had only seen a few miles on
the northwest. The lake, Mr.. Sharp states
is believed to be extremely deep, it is sur
rounded by lofty and precipitous shores
studded everywhere with old volcanic era
tiers, and has numerous islands rising from
Its surface. The water is brackish and I'M
palat able, and there Is abundance of fish,
which seem to differ considerably In char
acter from those which inhabit Lake Tan
ganyika.
An Active Volcano.
Perhaps the most remarkable feature in
the Kivu region Is the volcanoes, which
lie around 1t at some little distance to the
north. Rising from the lofty plateau here
there seem to be three main volcanic noun
tains. on one of which are two craters, both
In state of greater OF less activity. One
OF these craters is distinctly active, and
according to native report there was a yio-
lent eruption some three years ago. How
ever this may be, the whole country is COW
cred with lava. and both Mr.. Sharp and Mr.
Grosan, In their notes which have reached
US. describe 1t as the most horrible and i'm
passable country that they have ever been
in, combination of broken-up lava of
tmpracticable hills and of impenetrable
bush. the latter swarming with elephants
which 1t is impossible to get at Mr.. Sharp
states that the Mount Mfumbiro, which
played a somewhat sentimental part in the
Anglo-German boundary agreement, does
not exist
After some stay about Lake Kivu and it's
volcanoes the party proceeded north to
Lake Albert Edward, through country as
difficult to traverse as may be imagined
and the journey was made all the more
difficult throughout owing to a variety of
troubles with the native porters and
askafis who accompanied them. 1t was
found that The east shore of Lake Albert
Edward is quite enormously laid down on
our maps. The old bed of the lake extends
far 10 the east of the present shore line in
the form mainly Of a swamp. on the outer
margin Of which Mr.. Sharp reports that he
saw numerous steam jets, or 'bubbling
seysers," as he calls them. In Toro. on the
east Of Lake Albert Edward, the travellers
were in british territory. Here they parted
Mr.. Sharp to return home and Mr.. Grogan
to make his way down the Nile to Cairo.
which. we understand. were made by the
care of Mr.. Sharp. and with the notes Of
his own side excursions. we must await q
full account of the results of this interest
ing expedition. but enough has been said
to show that In this volcanic region of
Central Africa the trained Investigator has