. Two African trips, with notes and suggestions on big game preservation in Africa; . few distributing agenciesin the towns, and the missionaries. The railway has now reached the Victoria Lake, andfrom this time forward it taps an enormous territory whichoffers boundless possibilities. But even here it would bewise to avoid optimistic prophecies. These countries arenot entirely unexplored. Intelligent travellers of severalnationalities have traversed them in many directions, butno mineral or vegetable Eldorado has so far been C. Elliot suggests a thorough scientific explorationby e
. Two African trips, with notes and suggestions on big game preservation in Africa; . few distributing agenciesin the towns, and the missionaries. The railway has now reached the Victoria Lake, andfrom this time forward it taps an enormous territory whichoffers boundless possibilities. But even here it would bewise to avoid optimistic prophecies. These countries arenot entirely unexplored. Intelligent travellers of severalnationalities have traversed them in many directions, butno mineral or vegetable Eldorado has so far been C. Elliot suggests a thorough scientific explorationby experts in both these natural fields, but until that hasbeen done it is premature to count on cargoes of spiceand all things nice. Of course the outlook may be altered in a few months,but the present figures point to this — that we musttake out our dividends on the five millions sunk in therailway, in prestige and contingent military advantages ;and that for an unknown period the working expenseswill not be covered by the earnings, but must remain acharge on the British h 3 < U. u. - Off CO II THE WHITE NILE It was at Brindisi that the quartette which formed myparty for the White Nile was completed. Ernest andCharlie joined us from Vienna. The Boy, who wasfresh from Eton and had never before crossed the Channel,accompanied me. Every trip is bound to have its share of bad luck, and it isalways a relief to have got it over early. Thus my Austrianfriends had the singular experience to find the line blockedwith snow in the latitude of Naples, and were compelled tomake a detour by Rome, where they lost a part of theirluggage. We also had performed pilgrims penance, forour mail-boat ran aground between Dover and the lady passengers were lowered in a boat, we men,when the tide ebbed, climbed down over the side, clingingdesperately to a frozen rope-ladder, and walked two milesover the gleaming sand to Calais. The 400 mail-bags (itwas Friday night) were subse
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