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thence to the coast. In this work he expected to examine 

 the north shore of Tanganyika Lake, and the 180 miles of the 

 Chambezi RLter not visited by him. 



An abstract of Dr. Livingstone's explorations up to the 

 time that Stanley met him, published in the New York Her- 

 ald, informs us that in March, 1866, he left the coast of East- 

 ern Africa below Zanzibar, and was proceeding up the Boyu- 

 ma River, when the report of the existence of hostile tribes 

 farther on reached the party, which caused most of his twen-' 

 ty-eight men to desert, and, as an excuse for their cowardice, 

 they spread the report of his death, which was so widely cir- 

 culated. The doctor, however, in spite of this defection, con- 

 tinued his journey around by the south end of Nyanza Lake, 

 and finally reached the Chambezi River, which he skirted for 

 700 miles, and became satisfied that this was the real source 

 of the Nile, making the total length of that river 2600 miles. 

 He also ascertained that Lake Tanganyika was not a tribu- 

 tary of this river. After arriving within 180 miles of the 

 head of the Chambezi, he was obliged to return to Ujiji for 

 want' of supplies, and was there met by the commander of the 

 Herald expedition. 



It was Livingstone's intention, when Stanley left, in March, 

 1872, to explore the north shore of the Tanganyika Lake and 

 the remaining 180 miles of the Chambezi, which he expected 

 would occupy him for the next two years. JS T . Y. Herald. 



EXPLOKATIONS OF CAPTAIN BLAKISTON IN JAPAN. 



At a meeting of the Geographical Society of London a 

 communication was presented by Captain Blakiston contain- 

 ing the result of certain investigations of the island of Yesso, 

 in Japan. This gentleman, formerly belonging to the Royal 

 Artillery, was some years ago engaged in taking magnetic 

 and other observations in the Rocky Mountains of the Hud- 

 son Bay Company's territory north of the United States line, 

 and during his residence there made a very valuable collec- 

 tion of birds and eggs, of which an account was published in 

 the London Ibis. He has, since then, been almost entirely oc- 

 cupied, without intermission, in explorations of China and Ja- 

 pan, and has added very much to our knowledge of those 

 countries. In the course of his last exploration he went to 

 visit Akis Bay, in the southwestern coast, and thence by land 



