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CHAPTEB 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 passage-money and sails for England — At Aden — At Alexandria — 

 Reaches Charing Cross — Encouragement derived from his Bombay visit — 

 Two projects contemplated on his way home. 



On reaching the mouth of the Zambesi, Dr. Livingstone 

 was fortunate in falling in, on the 13th February, with 

 H.M.S. " Orestes/' which was joined on the 14th by the 

 " Ariel." The " Orestes" took the " Pioneer" in tow, and 

 the " Ariel" the " Lady Nyassa," and brought them to 

 Mozambique. The day after they set out, a circular 

 storm passed over them, raging with the utmost fury, 

 and creating the greatest danger. Often as Dr. Living- 

 stone had been near the gates of death, he was never 

 nearer than now. He had been offered a passage on 

 board the " Ariel," but while there was danger he would 

 not leave the " Lady Nyassa." Had the latter not been 



