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CHAPTER XII. 



THE ZAMBESI, AND FIRST EXPLORATIONS OF 

 THE SHIRE. 



a.d. 1858-1859. 



Dr. and Mrs. Livingstone sail in the "Pearl" — Characteristic instructions to 

 members of Expedition — Dr. Livingstone conscious of difficult position — 

 Letter to Robert — Sierra Leone — Effects of British Squadron and of Christian 

 Missions — Dr. and Mrs. Moffat at Cape Town — Splendid reception there — 

 Illness of Mrs. Livingstone — She remains behind — The five years of the 

 Expedition — Letter to Mr. James Young — to Dr. Moffat — Kongone entrance 

 to Zambesi — Collision with Naval Officer — Disturbed state of the country — 

 Trip to Kebrabasa Rapids — Dr. Livingstone applies for new steamer — 

 Willing to pay for one himself — Exploration of the Shire — Murchison Cataracts 

 — Extracts from private Journal — Discovery of Lake Shirwa — Correspondence 

 — Letter to Agnes Livingstone — Trip to Tette — Kroomen and two members 

 of Expedition dismissed — Livingstone's vindication — Discovery of Lake 

 Nyassa — Bright hopes for the future — Idea of a colony — Generosity of Living- 

 stone — Letters to Mr. Maclear, Mr. Young, and Sir Roderick Murchison — 

 His sympathy with the " honest poor " — He hears of the birth of his youngest 

 daughter. 



On the 10th March 1858, Dr. Livingstone, accompanied 

 by Mrs. Livingstone, their youngest son, Oswell, and the 

 members of his expedition, sailed from Liverpool on 

 board Her Majesty's colonial steamer, the " Pearl," 

 which carried the sections of the " Ma-Bobert," the 

 steam launch with Mrs. Livingstone's African name, 

 which was to be permanently used in the exploration 

 of the Zambesi and its tributaries. At starting, the 

 "Pearl" had fine weather and a favourable wind, and 

 quickly ran down the Channel, and across the Bay of 

 Biscay. With that business-like precision which charac- 

 terised him, Livingstone, as soon as sea-sickness was 



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