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Some News of Dr. Livingston

           August25th,afterfivemonthspassedatKonihara,accompaniedbyhisblackservants,Souzi,Chouma,andAmoda,bytwootherservants,byJacobWainwright,andbyfifty-sixmensentbyStanley,hewenttowardthesouthoftheTanganyika.

           Amonthafter,thecaravanarrivedatM’oura,inthemidstofstorms,causedbyanextremedrought.Thencametherains,thebadwillofthenatives,andthelossofthebeastsofburden,fromfallingunderthestingsofthetsetse.January24th,1873,thelittletroopwasatTchitounkone.April27th,afterhavingleftLakeBangoneolototheeast,thetroopwasgoingtowardthevillageofTchitambo.

           AtthatplacesometradershadleftLivingstone.ThisiswhatAlvezandhiscolleaguehadlearnedfromthem.Theyhadgoodreasontobelievethatthedoctor,afterexploringthesouthofthelake,wouldventureacrosstheLoanda,andcometoseekunknowncountriesinthewest.ThencehewastoascendtowardAngola,tovisitthoseregionsinfestedbytheslave-trade,topushasfarasKazounde;thetourseemedtobeallmarkedout,anditwasveryprobablethatLivingstonewouldfollowit.

           Mrs.Weldonthencouldcountontheapproachingarrivalofthegreattraveler,because,inthebeginningofJune,itwasalreadymorethantwomonthssincehehadreachedthesouthofLakeBangoneolo.

           Now,June13th,thedaybeforethatonwhichNegorowouldcometoclaimfromMrs.Weldontheletterthatwouldputonehundredthousanddollarsinhishands,sadnewswasspread,atwhichAlvezandthetradersonlyrejoiced.

           May1st,1873,atdawn,Dr

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