AFRICAN EXPLORATION.

Waikato Times, Volume VIII, Issue 453, 13 April 1875, Page 2

AFRICAN EXPLORATION.

»t ;s; s Lieutenant Cameron has fxamiued^ the western side of Lake Tanganyika, and has discovered the long-ttJOJ*e<J^for outltt which all physical geogia* jihe7-s\aciWkr(ed must exirt, as in no other way could tlte sweetness of the water he accounted for. This ouflet, it^appears, is called Lukuga, and is situated five miles >outh of the islands explored by Speke. It had actually been passed by Livingstone, though in the night time, which might account for his having somewhat, hastily concluded that the waters flowed into, instead of out of, the lake. Lieutenant Cameion proceeded for abotft lour or five miles along the stream, the current of which runs from one to two knots per hour, but further navigation was impeded by floating giags and largejushes. Lieutenant Cameron belitves, however, that it eventually reached the Lualaba. The Luakba itself, according to Arab feport, flows' into the Congo, and not into the Albert Nyanza, as asserted by Livingstone and Stanley. This intelligencejfcnjfik\lly cause much surprise to those who read Dr exhaustive essay on the subject, publish\l t\Vo years ago, in which he arrived at the same conclusion in the most unmistakable manner. One Arafrbad gone 55 days journey from Ngangwa down the Luahiha, w hich he described as broad as Tanganyika, and studded with inhabited islands, and had arrived at the sea, where white men had ships and factories. Lieutenant Giandy, exploring from the west coast of Africa, by way of Ainbnz and Beinbe, has found greater difficulty of penetrating into the interior of the country by that route, and from his comparatively early recall on account of the death of Livingstone, he has been unable, apparently, to achieve any great geographical discovery. His opinion of the Congo is, that there are two main brandies, the southern one draining Angola, and the northern one being, apparently, identical with^the Lualaba. It is a matter df «t>ngratulation !br*"*gebgraphers that sufficient funds have been col\cfgd to enable Lieutenant Cameron to prosecute hi\ discoveries. According to his last advices, he will write from Nyangwa, and thence make his way down the Lualaba to the sea, and thus complete a journey of the very highest interest. —" Athensdurn."