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Some News of Dr. Livingston

           

           InthemonthofOctober,1870,thisAmerican,withouthesitation,withoutaword,simplyasahero,hadembarkedatBombayforZanzibar,andalmostfollowingSpekeandBurton’sroute,afteruntoldsufferings,hislifebeingmenacedseveraltimes,hearrivedatOujiji.

           Thetwotravelers,nowbecomefastfriends,thenmadeanexpeditiontothenorthofLakeTanganyika.Theyembarked,pushedasfarasCapeMalaya,andafteraminuteexploration,wereoftheopinionthatthegreatlakehadforanoutletabranchoftheLoualaba.

           ItwaswhatCameronandStanleyhimselfweregoingtodeterminepositivelysomeyearsafter.December12th,LivingstoneandhiscompanionwerereturningtoOujiji.

           Stanleypreparedtodepart.December27th,afteranavigationofeightdays,thedoctorandhearrivedatOusimba;then,February23d,theyenteredKouihara.

           March12thwasthedayofparting.

           "Youhaveaccomplished,"saidthedoctortohiscompanion,"whatfewmenwouldhavedone,anddoneitmuchbetterthancertaingreattravelers.Iamverygratefultoyouforit.MayGodleadyou,myfriend,andmayHeblessyou!"

           "MayHe,"saidStanley,takingLivingstone’shand,"bringyoubacktoussafeandsound,deardoctor!"

           Stanleydrewbackquicklyfromthisembrace,andturnedsoastoconcealhistears."Good-by,doctor,dearfriend,"hesaidinastifledvoice.

           "Good-by,"repliedLivingstone,feebly.

           Stanleydeparted,andJuly12th,1872,helandedatMarseilles.

           Livingstonewasgoingtoreturntohisdiscoveries.

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