306 DA VID LIVINGSTONE. [chap. xv. 



CHAPTER XV. 



LAST TWO YEARS OF THE EXPEDITION. 



A.D. 1862-1863. 



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 discouragements — 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 — Retro- 

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



It could not have been easy for Livingstone to buckle on 

 his armour anew. How he was able to do it at all may 

 be inferred from some words of cheer written by him at 

 the time to his friend Mr. Waller : — " Thanks for your 

 kind sympathy. In return, I say, Cherish exalted thoughts 

 of the great work you have undertaken. It is a work 

 which, if faithful, you will look back on with satisfaction 

 while the eternal ages roll on their everlasting course. 

 The devil will do all he can to hinder you by efforts from 

 without and from within ; but remember Him who is 

 with you, and will be with you alway." 



