27 SEPTEMBER 1890, Page 2

On Tuesday, news was received at Cape Town that the

British South Africa Company's expedition into Mashonala,nd reached its goal, Mount Hampden, on the 12th inst. A site—we presume for a post, or "fort," as the Hudson Bay Company called their settlements—was selected near the head of the Makgubisi stream, a tributary of the Ganyana, rivers only to be identified on the newest and largest maps. "The country is described as splendid, and the natives were pleased to see the expedition. All the members were in good health, and the exploit has been achieved without the loss of a single life." This is, as far as it goes, very satisfactory; but we must not forget that it is when expeditions turn back, that the temptation to attack and plunder them is most strongly felt by the natives.