Year: 1872

ing across three degrees Of longitude and nearlv
four OF latitude cropping out at intervals 70 that
the traveller cannot remain ignorant OF the wealth
lying beneath. H Ell


A COLONIZING VISION.


Ah me What wild and ambitious projects m
mans brain as he looks over the forgotten and
unpeopled country, containing in its bosom such
store OF wealth, and with such an cxpanse OF fer
tile soil, capable OF sustaining millions What
settlement one could have In this valley See, it
Is broad enough to support large population
fahcy church spire rising where that tamarlnd
rears its dark crown OF foliage and think how well
score OF 80 OF pretty cottages would look instead
oi 'hose thorn clumps and gum trees Fancy this
iovey valley teemin9 with herds OF cattle and
heid5 oi coin spreading to the right and left of
TINS stream How much better would such q state
become ths valley rather than its present deserted
and wild aspect But he hopeful. the lay will
come ana future year will it, when happier
lands have become crowded and nations have ne
come so overgrown that they have no room to turn
about. IL only needs an Abraham or a Lot an
Alaric or an Attila to lead their hosts to this land
which, perhaps, has been wisely reserved for such
O time


| 10 THE MALAGARAZL.


After the warning so kindly given by the natives
soon after leaving Mrera, in Ukonongo, five days'
marches brought us to Mrera, in the district OF
Rusawa, In Ukawendi Arriving here we ques-
toned the natives to the best course to pursue
should we make direct for the Tanganyka or 90
north to the Malagarazi Riyera They advised us to
the latter course, though no Arab had ever taken
it, Two days through the forest, they said, would
enable us to reach the Malagarazl. The guide, who
had by this forgotten our disagreement, endorsed
this opinion, as beyond the Malagarazi he was sur-
1cienty qualified to show the way We laid in a
q Opk n fOtvr la val I'M
cies, and bidding farewell to the hosptable people
OF Rusawa, continued our journey nortlward. Alter
finding pass to the wooded plateau above Mrera,
through the arc Of mountains which envrOned it
on the north and west the soldiers improved
another occasion to make themselves dsagreeable.


TURNING AWAY WRATH.


One OF their number had shot buffalo towards
night, and the approaching darkness had pre-
vented him from following 1t up to clump OF
jungle, whittier IL had gone TO die, and the black
soldiers, on the lookout for meat, came to me
in body to request days halt TO eat meat and
make themselves strong for the forest road, TO
which gave point-bank refusal, as vowed I
would not halt again until | did II the banks OF
the Malagarazi, where would give them as much
| meat as their hearts could desire There was on
evident disposition to resist, but held up q warn
ing finger an indication that would not suffer
! any grUinbing, and told them ! had business at
| Uji, which the Wasungu expected | would attend
to- and that il failed 10 perform it they would take
no excuse but condemn me at once. /
saw that they were in en- excellent mood to
resel, ana the guide, who seemed to be ever on
the lookout to revenge his humiliation on the
Gombe, was q fit man TO lead them; but they knew
l had more than q dozen men upon whom could
rely at crisis, and BESIDES as no harsh word or
offensive epithet challenged them to commence an
outbreak, the order to march, though received
with much peevishness, was obeyed. This peevish-
ness may always be expected when on long
march. II is much the result Of atigne and monot-
ony, every day being but repetition OF previous
days, and prudent man will mot pay much atten-
ton to mere growing and suriness OF temper, but
keep imsef prepared for an emergency which
might possibly arise. by the time we had arrived
at camp we were all In excellent humor with one
another, and confidently laughed and shouted until
the deep woods rang again.


MAGDALA MOUNTAIN


The scenery was getting more sublime every day
as we advanced northward, even approaching the
terrible. We seemed to have left the monotony Of
desert for the wild picturesque scenery OF
Abyssinia and the terrible mountait 0! the Sierra
| Nevadas. named one tabular mountain, which re-
called memories of the Abyssinian campaign Mag
dala and as gave it o place on my chart it became
Of great use to me, as 1t rose so prominently into
view that was enabled to lay down Our route pretty
accurately The four days provisions We had
taken with us were soon consumed, and still we
were far from the Maagaraz River. Though we
! eked out my own stores with great care as ship
wrecked men at sea, these also gave out on
the sixth day, and still the Maagarazi
| was not in Sight. The country was getting moro
difficult for travel, owing to the numerous ascents
and descents we had to make in the course Of
days march Bleached and bare, it was cut up
by q thousand deep ravines and intersected by
thousand dry water courses whose beds were filed
with immense sandstone rocks and boGlders washed
away from the great heights which rose above us
on every side. We were not protected now by the
shades OF the forest, aud the heat became excess
sve and water became scarce. But We still held
on our way, as halt would be death TO US, hoping
that each days march would bring us 10 sight of
the long looked for and much-dosired MaagaraZk
Fortunately we had filed our bags and baskets with
the forest peaches with which the forests oi Rusawa
had supplied u.s. and these sustained US in this ex-
tremity.


RESTING rLAcE.


On the seventh day, after six hours march,
during which we had descended more than a thou
sand feet, through rocky ravines. and over miles OF
rocky plateaus above which .protruded masses OF
hematite OF iron, we arrived ut happy camping
place. situated in a valley which was scductively
pretty and hidden garden Deserted bomas told
us that it had been occupied, and That at re-
cent date, which we took to be sign that we were
not far from habited districts. Before re firing to
sleep the soldiers INDUCED themselves In prayer to
Allah for relief Indeed, our position was most
desperate and unenviable; yet since leaving the
| coast when had IL been envable, and when had
travelling in Africa ever been envable2 T
SIGNS OF LIFE ern te
Proceeding on our road on the eight! day every.
thing we saw tended to confirm Us In the belief that
food was at hand. Rhinoceros tracks aboundcd
and the 0ois de gdcl,e, or buffalo droppiDgs were
frequent and the presence OF river or body Of
water was known in the humidity of the atmos-