New-York tribune., 1901-03-17
THE TR4NNiFRICIN TELEGR4PH
SURVEY IN THE HEART OF TIE DARN,
CONTINENT.
From The London News.

UJi Lake 1anSanNlka.
German East Africa, December 10 1870
The surveying party for the African and
lrdIIScontinental Telegraph Line arrived her.
on the I'd inst. having partly surveyed the conn
try from karema. At the present moment TN.
line has been laid fur about sixty nil.-s north IF
kassanga-that is. it now runs from Edtuta. at
the south end Of Lake Tdnganyika, eighty miles
up inc east coast OF that lake Thr surrey -
ps Ggri out I" Karr,ua. 1Jr miles north OF Kitu q
ana lhe preliminary survey between Karclna
ana ylJi - being made. The line viii then gu
from jill round tn" southeast coast of the Vic
toria Nyauza. cross the Uganda Railway Skirt
tho country west of Lake Rudolph and IN n fol
l'W IN" NhySStuIa frontier and work round
slightly I" IN" west, aUd to the Nile Th,.
country between karema ana Ujji is extremely
m"untaln"uS. and IL order To- find = suitable.
r"ut' WIDE extent 81 country must hr sur
IN" Surveyors found The natives hrtwee,
kar'ma and IjiJi. luiard. extremely shy uf
"hli" man Arabs. or rather half cast" Arabs.
"nd coast natives abound everywhere hardly i
Nll!a&" h'ln@ passed without Of thrS,. l,.,.-
-, being located in them trading rubber with
Very strongly stuckad.I and IN, uatiycs ov-n
quantities 'f guns. Powder is however scare.
ana h.ts ~ 'u's tttcu Il" duty as bullets. The
guns all Wuzz'r i"ad'rs. with flint locks ana
caps. and are calculated To DO more harm to-
ih" man "t IN" butt md than To- thu target
Nhti"'"r II may 'e- IJiJi is q very interesting
r7tF" ..nt Arab centre III, standing Whit.
i'IH.ti -"h NUiuh'lS on "n average ten. srV'u
being German Government Gals all militar.
lt'r-aud three Gre"k traders. Arabs are veg,
'i.Hitu- D." number brInE men of couSicrau'-
wealth Th' CHIEF ti.l. iS in ivory and ruhh..,
tn former crossing thu Lake and coming mostly
from the Congo FI.r State. Tn total population
"i JH IS eight Thousand IL is tn. second
ttrc"-; u"tV' and Arab town in Central
Africa iHNoIt. which is also German Gov
'tnH, ut station. Is tho largest. and has "a pupu-
itIt.u 90 ton Thousand. IN" Bona. or govern
W"Et Enclosure. Is We'll built stone building.
Ih" GIr"N torres ar" also well built two story
stone houses. and th- principal Arabs own Sin.-
Er dN N'l!'ne<- Th' native huts are scattered all
around th"S Ara. houses.
tn" currency throughout German East Africa
is IN" German ruIe" ard copper coins called
p'sas. going SlNty-fouT to thu rupee. Fifteen
t"rWHn rupees Z" To the pound sterling. The
9 -rindnS pay their workers and s;uudancsr sol
dl,rS WY high wages for Africa. and SO nn..
- nearly all tho natives about here. well
hlC Cl"inlN In cotton. White and Coorcd goods
The language Is SWahili. Scattered all over
jill which lies Scn rally about one mile from
tht Lake Shur" on uUiulatinG country. are mango
trees. These. with their thick and dark green
i"!IaS'. present . pleasing appearance. and just
now. the coming season. when the grass all
around iS green. and In" atmosphere in between
tn showers. very clear, Uiiji is a very pretty
place. ami TIA" view Of the mountains across tn
lake IS simply enchanting. The new German
steamer HcdWiS Won WsSmann has mad,. its
trial trlp, and has proved great success. Til,
other two steamers the FIutilla Companies and
the way being Iaun he'd. All is again quiet
dt tho north end of the lake. There is some
NOR" tro ullc brewing with tn, natives bordcrn@
the Lake between here and kar. ma. and some
sort nf an expedition will be sent against the
chief offender katunka. who away when
visited two thrc. months ago 10y Lieutenant
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