New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-16

He discovered Lake N'eami on August
J. 1919, and three years later his family
sailed from Cape Town for England.
From this day forward exploration was
to take the chief place in his life. al
though he continued 10 think OF IL as
pioneer missionary work.
fIe now began four years journey
through South Africa, going through tn
interior from Cape Town 10 St Paul d.
Loanda. on the west coast and then bacl
again across the Continent by way OF tn
ZambeZi 10 the east coast. He took witt
him a magic lantern. with which h.
would give exhibitions 10 the natives b.
way of interesting and instruct,ng them
The exhibitions sometimes had an anus
ing side. On one occasion he gave an ex-
hibition for a native chleftain. IL wa
attended by all Of tho beauties OF the
chieftain's court. The first picture repre-
scented Abraham about 10 STAY Isaac the
knife upralsed. On the screen every ono
was as large as IN life.
~ explained that this man was the
first OF race 10 whom God had given ths
Bible We now held. and that among his
children our Saviour appeared The ladies'
listened with silent awe. but when r
moved the slide, the uplifted dagger nov,
ing toward them. they thought II was TO.
be sheathed in their bodies instead of
Isaac's
Mother, mother,' all shouted at
once. and off they rushed helter-skelter.
tumbing pell-mell over one another and
over the little idol huts and tobacco
bushes. We could not get one OF them,
back again"
THE Smoke THAT SOUNDS
II was on the way back 10 the east
coast that he discovered the smoke that
sounds" as the natives described the
laundering. vapor hidden waterfall which
he named Victoria Falls. This event &C.
CURED i'm November. 1855. He arrived on
the east coast in May, 1886. In December
OF that year he landed in England after
an absence of sixteen years.
Everywhere he was welcomed as hero.
He told the story of his sixteen years jour
neyings and found himself as a result
the possessor OF a competency which would
have warranted him i'm settling down for
the r'ludlnutl VI HIS me- IA 'e no" 80
80 inclined, but he was not OF that sort OF
stun. He was prepared to return and
spend his little fortune.
His book was selling so rapidly that IN
the United States the twenty-hfth edition
was called for within two years after It's
publication Before this. however, he was
on his way back to Africa as British
Consul at Qulimane and commander OF
an expedition for the exploration OF East
ern and Central Africa. The remainder
Of his life. with the exception OF the years
lS64-'65. was to be spent in the region OF
the great lakes and upon the rivers OF
Eastern Africa Part Of this time he was
working upon n theory regarding the
source of the Nile. Through the country
which he explored lies the route of the
Cape-to-Cairo line. lie was to lose his
wife and practically all OF his fortune la
the course of his journeyings; to be lost
TO the world to suffer from the fevers
which made exploration in the swamps OF
the Dark Continent dangerous
one Of the most serious mishaps which
an exploring party OF this kind could SUI
fer is the loss OF its medicine box
This was just what happened to Living
stone on January 20, 1867. and to it is
credited the gradual sapping OF his
strength which ultimately resulted In his
death. Two natives. who had all the APP
pearance OF trustworthy men, deserted at