Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-07

From Pearsoc's Weekly.
There WIN soon be coming to England tho
famous woman explorer. Miss Mary Hall.
who arrived the other day at Khartoum,
after traversing Africa from south to north.
Starting from Chinde. on the coast of Por-
tuguese East Africa, nine months ago. Miss
Hall sailed up the Zambesi and Shire rivers
until she reached Port Herald, whence she
Travelled by rail to Chirmo. Borne on ham
mock by natives to Biantyre, in Nyassa-
land. and thence to Abercorn, on the south
of Lake Tanganyika, which she crossed by
boat. the intrepid lady eventually reached
Lake Victoria Nyanza after walking miles
and miles through German East Africa.
During this twenty -eight days journey MISS
Hall saw no white people whatever. On her
arrival at each place the natives headed by
their chief, brought her bananas, goats.
beans. firewood and all kinds of presents. in
return for which Miss Hall gave them CALI
co, beads and salt. The native women, too,
sat round her for hours at a time, alter
nately looking at her with wonder ard feel
ing the intrepid woman's clothing In many
villages the natives had never seen a white
man or woman before.
AT the moment too, another woman, Mrs
French Sheldon, famous as a writer, Is
travelling in the unexplored regions Of West
Africa for the purpose. of scientific and bo-
tanical research. Besides the native carriers,
she Is accompanied only by woman sec
woman explorer alive She has visited near
ly every country In the world and has en-
clrcied the globe at least twice. She has
tramped over 2, 600 miles in the interior of
Africa. has shot big game under nerve-try-
Ing conditions and has won the confidence
OF the natives by her powers to heal their
sickness.
In her first journey to East Africa and on
the announcement of her intention to visit
the province under the rule of the cruel
sultan OF Mandara the German authorities
endeavored to dissuade Mrs. French Shell
don, fearing harm would happen to her hut
the old barbarian who had never seen a
white woman before and who had in vain
ofIered 100 cows to any Arab who would
bring him white wife in his caravan, was
too amazed to do more than to gaze at his
visitor In awe and wonder. Even the hos
tile Nasal, upon whose land no white man
had at that time set foot and who vas then
considered the terror of all Africa allowed
her to visit their homes, took her to their
native villages and Entrusted her with many
OF their state and family secrets.
Yet these Nasal warriors. a horde OF GOD
dressed in monkey skins, with long hair
streaming behind, carrying hugo hide
shields and eight-foot spears and having
their faces bedaubed with paint and clay,
would have frightened most men out OF
their wits
Mrs. Peary. wife of the famous arctic OK
plorer. has accompanied her husband in a
search for the north pole. but a far more
hazardous undertaking was that OF Mrs.
Leonidas Hubbard, the first white person to
visit the Nascaupee Indians q
This woman. who accompanied the mis-
sion Of exploration which cost her husband
his life by starvation, tramped across the
Labrador and penetrated wflds unknown to
white men, Again and again her life hung
on thread; several times she was almost
drowned on the periIous rapids, but event
ually, with two companions only, she reach
ed the Nascaupees and after sojourn with
them for several weeks returned safely to
her New York home