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could be notliing but the sextant and artificial hori- 

 zon, the mercury in the latter containing the " white 

 water." On producing my instruments he recognised 

 them at once, and on my handing him the sextant he 

 amused us much by his attempts to shew how the 

 white man looked at the sun. This was indeed ex- 

 traordinary, and I felt certain it must have been 

 Livingstone. Who else could it have been ? 



We then examined him, and several other men who 

 were there, as to who accompanied the white man ; 

 and I must say I was greatly struck by the interest 

 the people of this place took in our inquiries, spar- 

 ing themselves no trouble to get us all possible 

 information, and constantly sending to the village for 

 some one of their number who was supposed to be 

 able to take up the scent when those present came to 

 a check. They said there were two boys with the 

 Englishman,, who spoke the same language as he did, 

 as well as the Manganja or Ajawah ; their names were 

 Waiko and Juma. Now, as both Mr. Young and 

 Reid knew two boys called respectively Waikatani 

 and Juma, who were with Livingstone formerly, they 

 asked which of the boys was the tallest ? The an- 

 swer was, Waikatani ; and this Mr. Young stated to 

 be a fact. He said several men carried the white 

 man's boxes, and that a big man called Moosa was 

 head man. This big man spoke the Arab language. 

 He further gave the description of a man that would 

 answer to the havildar of sepoys who accompanied 

 Livingstone. His hair was long and black, the top of 

 his head was shaved, and there was beard on his chin. 



He could not remember any more names, nor could 



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