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; ' For ten days we were chiefly occupied in sailing or hauling the 

 ship through sandbanks. The steamer was drawing between five and 

 six feet of water, and though there were long reaches of the river with 

 depth sufficient for a ship of larger draught, yet every now and then 

 we found ourselves in shoal water of about three feet. No sooner was 

 the boat got off one bank by might and main, and steady hauling on 

 capstan and anchor laid out ahead, almost never astern, and we got a 

 few miles of fair steering, than again we heard that sound, abhorred 

 by all of us — a slight bump of the bow, and rush of sand along the 

 ship's side, and we were again fast for a few hours, or a day or two, as 

 the case might be." 



The " Pioneer " was overladen, and the plan had to 

 be changed. It was resolved to put the " Lady Nyassa" 

 together at Shupanga, and tow her up to the Rapids. 



" The detention," says Dr. Stewart, " was very trying to Dr. Living- 

 stone, as it meant not a few weeks, but the loss of a year, inasmuch 

 as by the time the ship was ready to be launched the river would be 

 nearly at its lowest, and there would be no resource but to wait for 

 the next rainy season. Yet, in the face of discouragement, he main- 

 tained his cheerfulness, and, after sunset, still enjoyed many an hour 

 of prolonged talk about current events at home, about his old College 

 days in Glasgow, and about many of those who were unknown men 

 then, but have since made their mark in life in the different paths 

 they have taken. Amongst others his old friend Mr. Young of Kelly, 

 or Sir Paraffin, as he used subsequently to call him, came in for a large 

 share of the conversation." 



Meanwhile Captain Wilson (of the " Gorgon"), accom- 

 panied by Dr. Kirk and others, had gone on in boats with 

 Miss Mackenzie and Mrs. Burrup, and learned the sad 

 fate of the Bishop and Mr. Burrup. It appeared that the 

 Bishop, accompanied by the Makololo, had gone forth on 

 an expedition- to rescue the captive husbands of some of 

 the Manganja women, and had been successful. But as 

 the Bishop was trying to get to the mouth of the Buo, 

 his canoe was upset, his medicines and cordials were lost, 

 and, being seized with fever, after languishing for some 

 time, he died in distressing circumstances, on the 

 31st January. Mr. Burrup, who was with him, and who 

 was also stricken, was carried back to Magomero, and 

 died in a few days. 



