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the goods there stored up for his use, and the start for the east was 

 made late in December, 1871. Making a roundabout trip to the 

 south to avoid the war still going on, the party reached Unyanyembe 

 in February, 1872, after a good deal of suffering on Stanley's part 

 from fever, and on Livingstone's from sore feet. 



In March, after giving all the stores he could spare to Liv- 

 ingstone, Stanley left for Zanzibar, accompanied for the first day's 

 march by the veteran hero. . 



Livingstone gave the earlier portion of the precious journal 

 from which our narrative has been culled into the care of the young 

 American, and as they walked side by side, putting off the evil 

 moment of parting as long as possible, the following interesting 

 conversation, the last held by Livingstone in his own language, 

 took place: — 



"Doctor," began Stanley, "so far as I can understand it, you 

 do not intend to return home until you have satisfied yourself about 

 the 'Sources of the Nile.' When you have satisfied yourself, you 

 will come home and satisfy others. Ls it not so?" 



LOOKING HOPEFULLY INTO THE FUTURE. 



"That is it exactly. When your men come back" (Stanley was 

 to hire men at Zanzibar to accompany Livingstone in his further 

 journey) "I shall immediately start for Ufipa" (on the south-eastern 

 shores of Lake Tanganyika) ; "then I shall strike south, and round 

 the extremity of Lake Tanganyika. Then a south-east course will 

 take me to Chikumbi's, on the Lualaba. On crossing the Lualaba, 

 I shall go direct south-west to the copper mines of Katanga. Eight 

 days south of Katanga the natives declare the fountains to be. 

 When I have found them, I shall return by Katanga to the under- 

 ground houses of Rua. Lrom the caverns, ten days north-east will 

 take me to Lake Komolondo. I shall be able to travel from the lake 

 in your boat, up the river Lufira, to Lake Lincoln. Then, coming 

 down again, I can proceed north by the Lualaba to the fourth lake — 

 which will, I think, explain the whole problem.' 



"And how long do you think this little journey will take you?'^ 

 "A year and a half at the furthest from the day I leave Unyan- 

 yembe/* 



