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somewhere in this range ; gold, I look on as only waiting for an oppor- 

 tunity to be worked up into a new little " El dorado." The rapacity 

 of the local and distant officials took so much of the profit away from 

 the native diggers that it has long ceased to become lucrative, but the 

 geological formation of the rocks, the abundance of gneiss, quartz 

 and mica hills, the almost universal presence of gold in the river 

 sands proclaim that new " diggings" will be opened somewhere in this 

 range of mountains, which after all are but the parts of the chain that 

 in the Ural and Australia are so rich in the yellow god. 



When I was before His Majesty a day or two ago, they discussed the 

 advisability of making acquaintance of some branch of knowledge a 

 necessary part of fitness for office. The Prince, said I had promised 

 to teach chemistry, to the Secretary to whom His Majesty had pro- 

 mised the Atween Woonship, and they came to the conclusion that 

 every high official should learn some branch of science ! 



We have just finished the reduction of the magnetic ore. Got fifty 

 grains of bright pure metal from seventy-five of the ore, and I have no 

 doubt that this is not the most to be obtained. 



Your informant makes a mistake about the gin for cleaning cotton. 



Nothing of the kind has been received here, cotton is cleaned with 

 the little hand-roller and nothing else. The French workman made 

 a whitney gin but it did not answer, neither have they Presses. In 

 the event of a treaty being got, these will be obtained in plenty, 

 however, by the merchants who will then come to this splendid field. 



Splendid it is in every way, vegetable, animal and mineral products 

 in unbounded quantity. I shall regret leaving it before seeing it 

 opened to the English shovel and spade. 



The following is from Capt. L. Pelly, since last year, on the east 

 coast of Africa. 



Zanzibar, 28th July, 1862. 



I have just received news from Captain Speke ; he was writing in 

 September last year, in 3° 28' South, about forty days S. W. of the 

 Victoria Lake, and about eight days W. N. W. of the Tanjanika 

 Lake ; at a place called Babweb. He has been sick — had met with 

 many delays owing to the disturbed state of the " Umainesi" terri- 

 tory. Grant had been looted. I am securing a caravan of fifty 

 men with goods after them. 



