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REPORT— 1854. 
diligently in propagating the Gospel and attaining a knowledge of the country and 
its inhabitants. He started from the capital of Seketu, on the margins of the River 
Chole, in lat. 18° 17' south, and long. 23° 49' east, in November 1853, accompanied 
by seventy-seven of the natives, and a sufficient number of oxen for the journey, 
which he obtained from that chief. Ascending thence one of the branches of the 
river Yambczc, which flows through a portion of the Gnlcmdu country, he pro¬ 
ceeded westward, and entered within the limits of this province at Casaange, in 
lat. 9° 37' 30" south, and long. 17^' 43' east, having experienced considerable oh. 
structions from the native tribes with whom became in contact as he approached 
the Portuguese territory. From Cas&nnge he followed a direct course to Loamla, 
and travelled through some of the most important Portuguese settlements in the 
interior of Angolu, receiving every facility from the Portuguese authorities through 
whose jurisdiction lie passed. The adventures and discoveries of this enterprising and 
energetic traveller will doubtless be laid before the public in due Lime; but I hasten to 
report to your Lordship the interesting fact of his arrival at this place, feeling 
assured that it will be gratifying to you to hear of the movements of a gentleman, 
who. notwithstanding all the dangers and difficulties which surrounded him in 
travelling amongst a people who had never aeon r Kuropeau before, and treadingnn 
grounds the knowledge nnd true position of which had been hitherto wholly un¬ 
known, has, by his own personal exertions nnd dauntless courage, done so much tn 
enlarge the hounds of geographical science. I have the honour to enclose herewith 
the official bulletin of this province, containing a short announcement of the arrival of 
Mr. Uvmgston,^ a translation of which I also beg to subjoin. -Mr. Livingston’* 
Health has, I am extremely sorry to say, suffered severely since his arrival at this 
pace; but he, notwithstanding, seems resolved to proceed on another tour of di»* 
“ B lll ! ; 8tate of his health nnd other circumstances will permit. 1 
now m.iin i 1>l )? lliur "“tia/hetion he has learnt since his arrival here of the effort* 
dnofl!m n g ,!! Cl,n !>oand«-r Bedingfidd, of Her Majesty’s steam-vessel Plato, to 
course nf wtWCouMe with the chiefs of the Congo, because in the 
Uranao r* VI I™' K h . c cr0sfie ‘ l th <‘ river Casai, flowing N.N.E. and N.E.. and the 
■ XrSnr J ri °«'ll 5 u “ orth ’. which are reported by the Portuguese traders '" 
well Deonlcd *<• "‘I ^ '“t^ligent natives, after watering an immense extent of 
Livin -snm 1 r ntr?,,1 ° for,n * by Hieir junction, the River Zairo or Congo. Mr. 
Conan th,. r ,Y’ lhnt if legitimate commerce were once established in tb 
checked thm 11 U b S <H ! CV of ‘ Probability that the slave-trade would he effectually 
necked throughout the whole extent of that country. I have, &c. 
„, , •• Edmunp Gabbi* 1 - 
Luanda, June 22, 1854.” 
On the Shortest Routes to South Australia. By Capt. S. Gale. 
Remarks on the IMe Aulaga and its Drainage in the Desert of Cara»j « 
By Mathis Hamilton, M.D., Glasgoxo. 
portion oKhe G?elt v5f tCd by 3 dia S ram of ** «*hor’s route across the t so. .then 
and the snow Sv?' ,7“"^ 0r ****** of Bolivia, between the eastern Cord.Mcr 
than 1 ( 1,000 feet 0n which lwo ni S bta were 
irf ng ( r m **■» ° n «•*« a.^. in a ***** 
to the valley oMdm M * C * seven men and thirty-eight mule.-, dee 
the AndetCingabn?!!^’ ** ,dl ?" ***** ■ bounded by a ridge or spur o 
which runs south - it c ?* t,Jr P base a stream called the river of the 1 
long, and ** * &ifi£ 
The valley extends smith e dgc of water-worn rocks about 10° fe ,, ( 
which is formed by the bifmcltk.n ^ r f m j uationuf thc ritl S c ' showi "® U c 0 nSlfl» 
) e uuurcation of the eastern from the western coruu* 
