358 DA VID LIVINGSTONE. [chap, xviii. 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



FROM ENGLAND TO BOMBAY AND ZANZIBAR. 



a.d. 1865-1866. 



Object of new journey — Double scheme — He goes to Paris with Agnes — Baron 

 Hausmann — Anecdote at Marseilles — He reaches Bombay — Letter to Agnes — 

 Reminiscences of Dr Livingstone at Bombay by Rev. D. C. Boyd — by 

 Alex. Brown, Esq. — Livingstone's dress — He visits the caves of Kenhari — 

 Rumours of murder of Baron van der Decken — He delivers a lecture at Bombay 

 — Great success — He sells the ' ' Lady Nyassa " — Letter to Mr. Young — Letter 

 to Anna Mary — Hears that Dr. Kirk has got an appointment — Sets out for 

 Zanzibar in " Thule " — Letter to Mr. Young — His experience at sea — Letter 

 to Agnes — He reaches Zanzibar — Calls on Sultan — Presents the "Thule" to 

 him from Bombay Government — Monotony of Zanzibar life — Leaves in 

 " Penguin " for the continent. 



The object for which Dr. Livingstone set out on his 

 third and last great African journey is thus stated in 

 the preface to The Zambesi and its Tributaries: — "Our 

 Government have supported the proposal of the Royal 

 Geographical Society made by my friend Sir Roderick 

 Murchison, and have united with that body to aid me in 

 another attempt to open Africa to civilising influences, 

 and a valued private friend has given a thousand pounds 

 for the same object. I propose to go inland, north of the 

 territory which the Portuguese in Europe claim, and 

 endeavour to commence that system on the east which 

 has been so eminently successful on the west coast : a 

 system combining the repressive efforts of Her Majesty's 

 cruisers with lawful trade and Christian missions — the 

 moral and material results of which have been so grati- 

 fying. I hope to ascend the Rovuma, or some other 



