326 DAVID LIVINGSTONE. [chap. xvi. 



an excellent sea-ship she could not have survived the 

 tempest ; all the greater was Dr. Livingstone's grief that 

 she had never reached the lake for which she was adapted 

 so well. 



Writing to his daughter Agnes from Mozambique, 

 he gives a very graphic account of the storm, after telling 

 her the manner of their leaving the Zambesi : — 



"Mozambique, 2ith Feb. 1864. — When our patience had been well 

 nigh exhausted the river rose and we steamed gladly down the Shire 

 on the 19th of last month. An accident detained us some time, but 

 on the 1st February we were close by Morumbala, where the Bishop 

 [Tozer] passed a short time before bolting out of the country. I took 

 two members of the Mission away in the ' Pioneer,' and thirteen 

 women and children, whom having liberated we did not like to leave 

 to become the certain prey of slavers again. The Bishop left twenty- 

 five boys too, and these also I took with me, hoping to get them 

 conveyed to the Cape, where I trust they may become acquainted with 

 our holy religion. We had thus quite a swarm on board, all very 

 glad to get away from a land of slaves. There were many more 

 liberated, but we took only the helpless and those very anxious to be 

 free and with English people. Those who could cultivate the soil 

 we encouraged to do so, and left up the river. Only one boy was 

 unwilling to go, and he was taken by the Bishop. It is a great pity 

 that the Bishop withdrew the Mission, for he had a noble chance of 

 doing great things. The captives would have formed a fine school, 

 and as they had no parents he could have educated them as he liked. 



" When we reached the sea-coast at Luabo we met a man-of-war, 

 H.M. S. 'Orestes.' I went to her with 'Pioneer,' and sent 'Lady 

 Nyassa' round by inland canal to Kongone. Next day I went into 

 Kongone in 'Pioneer;' took our things out of her, and handed her 

 over to the officers of the 'Orestes.' Then H.M.S. 'Ariel' came and 

 took 'Nyassa' in tow, 'Orestes' having 'Pioneer.' Captain Chap- 

 man of ' Ariel ' very kindly invited me on board to save me from the 

 knocking about of the ' Lady Nyassa,' but I did not like to leave so 

 long as there was any danger, and accepted his invitation for Mr. Waller, 

 who was dreadfully sea-sick. On 15th we were caught by a hurri- 

 cane which whirled the ' Ariel ' right round. Her sails, quickly put to 

 rights, were again backed so that the ship was driven backwards and a 

 hawser wound itself round her screw, so as to stop the engines. By 

 this time she was turned so as to be looking right across ' Lady Nyassa,' 

 and the wind alone propelling her as if to go over the little vessel. 

 I saw no hope of escape except by catching a rope's-end of the big 

 ship as she passed over us, but by God's goodness she glided past, and 

 we felt free to breathe. That night it blew a furious gale. The 



