xiv CONTENTS. 



CHAPTEE XV. 



LAST TWO YEARS OF THE EXPEDITION. 

 a.d. 1862-1863. 



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Livingstone again buckles on his armour — Letter to Waller — Launch of 

 "Lady Nyassa" — Too late for season — He explores the Rovuma — Fresh 

 activity of the slave-trade — Letter to Governor of Mozambique about his 

 discoveries — Letter to Sir Thomas Maclear — Generous offer of a party of 

 Scotchmen— The Expedition proceeds up Zambesi with " Lady Nyassa " 

 in tow — Appalling desolations of Marianno — Tidings of the Mission — 

 Death of Scudamore — of Dickenson — of Thornton — Illness of Livingstone 

 — Dr. Kirk and Charles Livingstone go home — He proceeds northwards 

 with Mr. Rae and Mr. E. D. Young of the " Gorgon" — Attempt to carry 

 a boat over the rapids — Defeated — Recall of the Expedition — Livingstone's 

 views — Letter to Mr. James Young — to Mr. Waller — Feeling of the 

 Portuguese Government — Offer to the Rev. Dr. Stewart — Great dis- 

 couragements — Why did he not go home ? — Proceeds to explore Nyassa 

 — Risks and sufferings — Occupation of his mind — Natural History — 

 Obliged to turn back — More desolation — Report of his murder — Kindness 

 of Chinsamba — Reaches the ship — Letter from Bishop Tozer, abandoning 

 the Mission — Distress of Livingstone — Letter to Sir Thomas Maclear — 

 Progress of Dr. Stewart — Livingstonia — Livingstone takes charge of the 

 children of the Universities Mission — Letter to his daughter — Retrospect 

 — The work of the Expedition — Livingstone's plans for the future, . . 306 



CHAPTER XVI. 



QUILIMANE TO BOMBAY AND ENGLAND. 



a.d. 1864. 



Livingstone returns the "Pioneer" to the Navy, and is to sail in the 

 "Nyassa" to Bombay — Terrific circular storm — Imminent peril of the 

 " Nyassa" — He reaches Mozambique — Letter to his daughter — Proceeds 

 to Zanzibar — His engineer leaves him — Scanty crew of " Nyassa " — 

 Livingstone captain and engineer — Peril of the voyage of 2500 miles — 

 Risk of the monsoons — The " Nyassa " becalmed — Illness of the men — 

 Remarks on African travel — Flying-fish — Dolphins — Curiosities of his 

 Journal — Idea of a colony — Furious squall — Two sea-serpents seen — More 

 squalls — The "Nyassa" enters Bombay harbour — Is unnoticed — First 

 visit from officer with Custom-house schedules — How filled up — Attention 

 of Sir Bartle Frere and others — Livingstone goes with the Governor to 

 Dapuri — His feelings on landing in India — Letter to Sir Thomas Maclear 

 — He visits mission-schools, etc., at Poonah — Slaving in Persian Gulf — 

 Returns to Bombay — Leaves two boys with Dr. Wilson — Borrows pas- 



