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somewhere in this range; gold, I look on as only waiting for an oppor¬ 
tunity to he 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, hut 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 u 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 piomised 
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 , 28^ 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. 
