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It was afterward decided to utilize tlie surplus remaining 

 from the subscriptions to the first Livingstone Search Expe- 

 dition in fitting out another. This was intended to be placed 

 entirely under the orders of Dr. Livingstone for the purpose 

 of supplementing his great discoveries, in the prosecution of 

 which he had on that last journey — extending over a period of 

 nearly seven years, and brought to a close only by the national 

 misfortune of his death — patiently and unremittingly toiled, 

 besides having previously devoted twenty years of his life to 

 the cause of the regeneration and civilization of Africa. 



For the new command I had the hapj^iness of being selected, 

 and the Council kindly allowed Mr. W. E. Dillon, assistant sur- 

 geon — one of my dearest friends and an old messmate — to ac- 

 company me, for wdiich purpose he resigned an appointment he 

 then held. 



lie was admirably adapted for the work, and, had his life 

 been spared to cross the continent with me, would have been 

 of incalculable assistance and comfort in my various difficulties 

 and troubles. His unvarying kindness and tact, in his inter- 

 course with the men of the expedition, was the greatest help to 

 me during our journey to Unyanyembc, and, indeed, I can not 

 pay a sufficient testimony of gratitude and honor to his memory. 



Dr. Dillon and I left England on the 30th of ^November, 

 1872 — the same day on which. Lieutenant Grandy and his 

 brother left Liverpool for the West Coast — in order to join Sir 

 Bartle Frere at Brindisi, hoping to get a passage on board the 

 Enchantress with his mission to Zanzibar. But her accommo- 

 dation was too limited to allow of our being received on board. 



Thus we lost the advantage we had anticipated of obtaining 

 some instruction in Arabic and Kisuahili kindly promised by 

 the secretary of the legation, the Rev. Percy Badger. Kemain- 

 ing at Brindisi until Sir Bartle Frere's arrival, we then took 

 passage in the P. and O. steamer Malta to Alexandria. We ac- 

 companied Sir Bartle Frere to Cairo, where he procured a let- 

 ter from II. 11. the Khedive commending us to the care of the 

 Egyptian officials in the Soudan, and ordering them to give us 

 every assistance. 



This document proved of service with Aral)s in the interior, 

 who had all heard both of the Khedive and the Sultan of Tur- 



