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captain offered to lower a boat if I would come to the 'Ariel,' but it 

 would have endangered all in the boat : the waves dashed so hard 

 against the sides of the vessel, it might have been swamped, and my 

 going away would have taken heart out of those that remained. We 

 then passed a terrible night, but the ' Lady Nyassa ' did wonderfully 

 well, rising like a little duck over the foaming billows. She took in 

 spray alone, and no green water. The man-of-war's people expected 

 that she would go down, and it was wonderful to see how well she 

 did when the big man-of-war, only about 200 feet off, plunged so as 

 to show a large portion of copper on her bottom, then down behind 

 so as to have the sea level with the top of her bulwarks. A boat 

 hung at that level was smashed. If we had gone down we could not 

 have been helped in the least — pitch dark, and wind whistling above ; 

 the black folks, ' ane booking here, anither there,' and wanting us to 

 go to the ' bank.' On 1 8th the weather moderated, and, the captain 

 repeating his very kind offer, I went on board with a good conscience, 

 and even then the boat got damaged. I was hoisted up in it, and got 

 rested in what was quite a steady ship as compared with the ' Lady 

 Nyassa.' The 'Ariel' was three days cutting off the hawser, though 

 nine feet under water, the men diving and cutting it with immensely 

 long chisels. On the 19th we spoke to a Liverpool ship, requesting 

 the captain to report me alive, a silly report having been circulated by 

 the Portuguese that I had been killed at Lake Nyassa, and on the 

 24th we entered Mozambique harbour, very thankful for our kind 

 and merciful preservation. The ' Orestes ' has not arrived with the 

 1 Pioneer,' though she is a much more powerful vessel than the 'Ariel.' 

 Here we have a fort, built in 1500, and said to be of stones brought 

 from Lisbon. It is a square massive-looking structure. The town 

 adjacent is Arab in appearance. The houses flat-roofed and coloured 

 white, pink, and yellow ; streets narrow, with plenty of slaves on 

 them. It is on an island, the mainland on the north being about a 

 mile off." 



The " Pioneer " was delivered over to the Navy, 

 being Her Majesty's property, and proceeded to the Cape 

 with the "Valorous," Mr. Waller being on board with a 

 portion of the mission flock. Of Mr. Waller (subsequently 

 editor of the Last Journals) Dr. Livingstone remarked 

 that " he continued his generous services to all connected 

 with the Mission, whether white or black, till they were 

 no longer needed ; his conduct to them throughout was 

 truly noble, and worthy of the highest praise." 



After remaining some weeks at Mozambique for 

 thorough repairs, the "Lady Nyassa" left on 16th April 



