The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-07-04

Discovered I'm the
Dark J X: Continent !;
An Ensli.h Explorer :Pene-
tratss 70 UnAnown Regions. ):
and Tells Sons Thrill
49,. ing Stories z-: I: Y:

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r. London, June 2s.-Dr. A.. f.. r..
/ i2Wollaston, who has returned to Eng
flanb after an; dnteresting Central AT.
rbcan Journey largely through un-
known country, gives some interest,
Ting accounts or his travels. x & j.. &
f. In Septewher last Dr.I Wolastot,
3left RuWenZori for Entebbe, Che caps
ttal Of Uganda, and spent some time
~ making preparations for his long
Journey to the West Coast. : <. Il
RI He left Entebbe 5n September and,
worked his way through the PROV
ance OF AHkoM to Lake Albert 3D.
ward where he crossed the uganda
Congo frontier. He then proceeded
laoWu that lake in a boat lent by the
lSongo Administration The shores
OF the lake were covered with enor-
NOUS quantities of,game, including
iharda OF elephant, antelope and many
lions. ~ ~. -- ,'I>E.s = Z,
l The First Englishman. ~.
/ !. Frem the south OF Lake Albert Ed
ward the expedition proceeded
through the Mfumbiro ;, volcano re-
blon, avid. mountainous, and DIM
tcult country, With Waterless stretch
es. s Travelling was exceedingly diff
cult, not only on account of the phys,
ical obstacles, but also owing to the
attitude of the natives, who dn many
cases had never before seem a white
man, and from whom dt ,-was difAculG
to obtain food. ~ = -,t3 s g. :, ~: IS, S3 (,
iS,;&t Seree years ago Mr.. arogan, on has
trans l "a frkcan Journey paased through,
fhe eaatssr1i side OF his region, but9.
D1a this occasion Dr. iWol lIaatD IA went
tFtg MT IN 10 Ign the aleart ofl the vOlca~4
fae region where no f1ns Nahfnan hadI
ever 6sen befose. For the most part
bhe VOL olcanos we're extinct, Il There
were nine of them raltogetlar the
highest being about $4,000 feet.%
tS ii PYgna5 Esaill lle4say sG. ,st & ,5,4
Near the top eaaa -cnys ssts uibI1
4Aalse 3bAInboo aIieh ta sst1r ID tsSg
4 4 es38s 3, SSE
who make then Bsydde there ana hVSI
by Tasding the villages On thS IbwSrs
slopes. Although the expedition
spent five weeks among the VOLCANOES,
1t was not found possi b le to visit the
| people at their SUBMITS. Nothing
IS known of them beyond the fact
| that they are Of ainninuhive stature,
and as they are far removed from
| the Congo forest pygmies they are
fprobably a, new race. .
One OF the VOLCANOES was in erup-
ton last year. The expedition wit
! messed a scene of desolation due to
this eruption. From the summit of
the mountain there has ISSUED a.
great stream OF lava mile or two
"tde and some ten miles in length,
which had made a vast track Through
|tne forest, leaving only devastated
black lava plain, wtthfm sight Of
which there was not a living soul.
The sides of the extinct volcanoes
| were found to be very thickly popu-
latea DY people or fine physique, very
rlch IN 1000, oees and cattle, and ltv.
ing prlnclpafly on mflk and honey.
In one Whage that was visited there
"ere louna 10 pc 3oo h1Ves or bees,
cols'rucIed IN aug out tree trunks.
Europe's Ontposts.
from the volcanic region Dr VOL
iFaSton PROCEEDED down a steep, des-
cent 10 Lake hlVu, iWh1cn was found
10 oe fuM of islands, surrounded by
Ia glorious range or mountains, and
ES9ppoTtng a very th1ck population.
aere ID situated the frontef between
6erlnan an East AIMca ana the Congo
rree state, ano strip OF Herrttory
od aoouC Ioo miles mas been marked
ON as oepataole.
| on one sloe there Is a German
DiocknouSe anu on the other a. Bel
gt@h 1ort' me reglo" was found to
oe very unsettied, and there was
muEn nao tlouole wloh ohe natives, whose
9ttl'uoe ds aDWays War5ke and gives
Gase 70 cohtlhual apprehension. I'he
peso 'erms existed DetWeen the GER
manS ana belglans; poth or whom
Ileateu Vhe eApeoitloH Wlch great
0oqs tesy' r,,