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Some News of Dr. Livingston

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           January28th,1866,LivingstonelandedagainatZanzibar.Hewasbeginninghisfourthvoyage.

           August8th,afterhavingwitnessedthehorriblescenesprovokedbytheslave-tradeinthatcountry,thedoctor,takingthistimeonlyafewcipayesandafewnegroes,foundhimselfagainatMokalaose,onthebanksoftheNyassa.Sixweekslater,themajorityofthemenformingtheescorttookflight,returnedtoZanzibar,andtherefalselyspreadthereportofLivingstone’sdeath.

           He,however,didnotdrawback.HewishedtovisitthecountrycomprisedbetweentheNyassaandLakeTanganyika.December10th,guidedbysomenatives,hetraversedtheLoangonaRiver,andApril2d,1867,hediscoveredLakeLiemmba.Thereheremainedamonthbetweenlifeanddeath.HardlywellagainAugust30thhereachedLakeMoero,ofwhichhevisitedthenorthernshore,andNovember21stheenteredthetownofCayembe,wherehelivedfortydays,duringwhichhetwicerenewedhisexplorationofLakeMoero.

           FromCayembeLivingstonetookanortherndirection,withthedesignofreachingtheimportanttownofOujiji,ontheTanganyika.Surprisedbytherisingofthewaters,andabandonedbyhisguides,hewasobligedtoreturntoCayembe.HeredescendedtothesouthJune6th,andsixweeksaftergainedthegreatlakeBangoneolo.HeremainedtheretillAugust9th,andthensoughttoreascendtowardLakeTanganyika.

           Whatajourney!Onsettingout,January7th,1869,theheroicdoctor’sfeeblenesswassuchthatbehadtobecarried.

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