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The delay is partly due to the impossibility of 

 obtaining the passage of the East African bill 

 by the Reichstag before that date. The expe- 

 dition is advocated by the German 

 Government as assisting the anti- 

 slavery operations in Africa. 



A letter written by Mr. Stanley 

 reached Brussels on January 16. It 

 was dated at Boma of Bonalya Mu- 

 retia. August IT, and was addressed 

 to Tippoo Tib. lie says : "I reached 

 here this morning with 130 Wang- 

 wana, 3 soldiers, and 66 natives be- 

 longing to Emin Pasha. It is now 

 eighty-two days since I left Emin 

 Pasha on the Nyanza. I only lost 

 three men all the way. Two were 

 drowned, and the other decamped. 

 I found the white men who were 

 looking for Emin Pasha quite well. 

 The other white man, Cassati, is also 

 well. Emin Pasha has ivory in 

 abundance, thousands of cattle and 

 sheep, goats and fowls, and food of 

 all kinds. I found him a very good 

 and kind man. He gave all our 

 white and black men numbers of 

 things. His liberality could not be 

 excelled. His soldiers blessed our 

 black men for their kindness in 

 coming so far to show them the 

 way. Many of them were ready to 

 follow me out of the country, but 

 I asked them to stay quiet a few- 

 months, that I might return and 

 fetch the other men and goods left 

 at Yambunga. If you go with me 

 it is well ; I leave it to you. I will 

 stay here ten days, and will then 

 proceed slowly. I will move hence 

 to Big Island, two hours' march 

 from here above this place. There 

 there are plenty of houses, and 

 plenty of food for the men. What- 

 ever you have to say to me, my ears 

 will be open with a good heart as 

 it has always been toward you. 

 Therefore if you come, come quick- 

 ly, for on the eleventh morning from 

 this I shall move on. All my white 

 men are well, but I left them all be- 

 hind except my servant William, 

 who is with me." 



E\GI\EERI\G. Bridge over Harlem 

 River. The insignificant estuary 

 that separates Manhattan Island 

 from the mainland promises to be- 

 come in itself a compendium of 

 bridge architecture. It is already 

 crossed by numerous structures 

 representing nearly all the types of 

 bridge-building, from solid masonry 

 to finest steel. The latest addition. 

 as shown in Fig. 1, is a good speci- 

 men of modern engineering. It 

 crosses the river at 181st Street. 



The banks at this point are quite high and 



precipitous, those on the island or west shore 

 rising directly from the water, while those on 



