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           TheyarrivedatTete,Septemberthe8th;thencereconnoissanceofthelowercourseoftheZambeziandoftheChire,itsleftbranch,inJanuary,1859;visittoLakeChironainApril;explorationoftheManganjas’territory;discoveryofLakeNyassaonSeptember10th;returntotheVictoriaFalls,August9th,1860;arrivalofBishopMackensieandhismissionariesatthemouthoftheZambezi,January31st,1861;theexplorationoftheRovouma,onthe"Pioneer,"inMarch;thereturntoLakeNyassainSeptember,1861,andresidencetheretilltheendofOctober;January30th,1862,arrivalofMrs.Livingstoneandasecondsteamer,the"LadyNyassa:"suchweretheeventsthatmarkedthefirstyearsofthisnewexpedition.Atthistime,BishopMackensieandoneofhismissionarieshadalreadysuccumbedtotheunhealthfulnessoftheclimate,andonthe27thofApril,Mrs.Livingstonediedinherhusband’sarms.

           InMay,thedoctorattemptedasecondreconnoissanceoftheRovouma;then,attheendofNovember,heenteredtheZambeziagain,andsaileduptheChireagain.InApril,1863,helosthiscompanion,Thornton,sentbacktoEuropehisbrotherCharlesandDr.Kirk,whowerebothexhaustedbysickness,andNovember10th,forthethirdtime,hesawNyassa,ofwhichhecompletedthehydrography.ThreemonthsafterhewasagainatthemouthoftheZambezi,passedtoZanzibar,andJuly20th,1864,afterfiveyears’absence,hearrivedinLondon,wherehepublishedhisworkentitled:"ExplorationoftheZambezianditsBranches.