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Some News of Dr. Livingston

           InFebruaryheatlastreachedthelakeandarrivedatOujiji,wherehefoundsomearticlessenttohisaddressbytheOrientalCompanyofCalcutta.

           Livingstonethenhadbutoneidea,togainthesourcesofthevalleyoftheNilebyascendingtheTanganyika.September21sthewasatBambarre,intheManonyema,acannibalcountry,andarrivedattheLoualabathatLoualabathatCameronwasgoingtosuspect,andStanleytodiscover,tobeonlytheupperZaire,orCongo.AtMamohelathedoctorwassickforeightydays.Hehadonlythreeservants.July21st,1871,hedepartedagainfortheTanganyika,andonlyreenteredOujijiOctober23d.Hewasthenamereskeleton.

           Meanwhile,beforethisperiod,peoplehadbeenalongtimewithoutnewsofthetraveler.InEuropetheybelievedhimtobedead.Hehimselfhadalmostlosthopeofbeingeverrelieved.

           ElevendaysafterhisentranceintoOujijishotswereheardaquarterofamilefromthelake.Thedoctorarrives.Aman,awhiteman,isbeforehim."DoctorLivingstone,Ipresume?"

           "Yes,"repliedthelatter,raisinghiscap,withafriendlysmile.

           Theirhandswerewarmlyclasped.

           "IthankGod,"continuedthewhiteman,"thatHehaspermittedmetomeetyou."

           "Iamhappy,"saidLivingstone,"tobeheretoreceiveyou."

           ThewhitemanwastheAmericanStanley,areporteroftheNewYorkHerald,whomMr.Bennett,theproprietorofthatjournal,hadjustsenttofindDavidLivingstone.

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