The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1905-01-20
IN DARKEST AFRICA.
Strange Adventure of an Exrlor-
er, as Told BY Him
self.

rDlorer, has Just returned to London.
.Gter having been away from civiliza.
ttien for eleven yeas. For eleven
,years he has been buried In the heart
of Central Africa, the only white man
sarrid hosts OF blacks. says the Lon.
sdoa Daily News.
In that long period he has had
msny remarkable and thrilling ad-
ventures, both with savage man and
wild beast. So many were they. In
fact, chat they became the common.
place OF his life. He grew to take no
heed of them, and now his many
friends are having the utmost dit
Gcrlty In persuading him to write
the book they are all so anxious to
read.
As the result of the long stay In
districts hitherto practically unknown
DC civilization, Mr.. Weatherly has
succeeded Ia largely correcting the
I'm p of the interior of the Dark CONT
meat and adding to our knowledge Of
the races. He also discovered the
spot where the heart of the great Liv.
ingstone was buried, the exoct locali-
ty of which had been lost, and lie
was instrumental in raising a perma-
ment memorial In place OF the decay
ed tree which had marked the site
aud In obtaining pathetic memento
of the famous mis- sionary for the Brit
ish Museum In the shape OF that part
OF the old tree which bore the origi-
NAL inscription cut by the natives
who loved and mourned their white
chief.
Interviewed recently by a repre-
sentative OF the Daily News. Mr..
Weatherley gave a brief outline Of
Nils exploits. II went out" said Mr..
Weatherley, ''in the Fl S! week OF Jam
mary, 1894. 1t YVES my second trip.
MY FIRST was hardly a success. That
was in 1892 and '93, and for eighteen
Euonths was Ill.
my object In going was to circum-
navigate the great Bangweulu Lake,
and to find the spot where Living
stones heart was buried. No one
had ever been round the lake.
Girsud, the French explorer. had tried
20 CAT round, but hostile natives cap
tuaed him and prevented him. Glave,
the American who died while at
tempting to fud Livingstone Tree,
was the last man who had any sort of
accurate notion where the tree was.
Both tasks promised interesting
work. But, after all, their accom-
plishments proved so simple. really,
that 1t Is too bad to expect me to
write book about 1t. All can say
is that am back just for a change to
look upon really civilized white men
once more; and that, though left a
place where the temperature was $50
degrees IN the shade, and found the
fanperature here when l arrived
about degrees In the sun. am in
the best of health; and that since l
left Africa have put on nearly four
teen pounds In weight, which con-
6rms Inc In my conviction that civil.
lied folks eat too much.
Lake Bangweulu Is one of the
must beautiful spots on earth. It Is
an artists dream of color In real life.
1 doubt If there is any place where
more gorgeous and delightful color
effects can be seen. The meaning OF
Ats native name Is There where the
sky and water meet Speaking
roughly, the diameter OF the lake,
which Is nearly circular, Is about for.
ty miles, so that from almost any.
where the water forms the horizon,
and there Is a wonderful quivering
haze which melts the line into the
sky, makink the native name seem a
perfectly accurate one.
NEARLY all around the lake is the
vast Mwero Marsh, which began by
almost killing me. got fever again,
aud when went up into the plateau,
about 5000 feet In elevation, nearly
died. But my people stuck around
ine nobly.
lone of nay greatest friends was
Mewenge, the chief OF the Southern
Va Usl. But 1t was sometime before
Mewenge and got to understand one
another. He had never seen white
men, but had heard OF them, and