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not expect his cloth and beads to be brought back, or the 

 price of the wife and ivory returned, but he says : — 



"I beg the assistance of your authority to prevent a 

 fresh stock of goods, for which I now send to Zanzibar, 

 being plundered in the same way. Had it been the loss 

 of ten or twelve pieces of cloth only, I should not have 

 presumed to trouble your Highness about the loss ; but 

 62 pieces or gorahs out of 80, besides beads, is like cut- 

 ting a man's throat. If one or two guards of good 

 character could be sent by you, no one would plunder 

 the pagasi next time. 



" I wish also to hire twelve or fifteen good freemen 

 to act as canoe-men or porters, or in any other capacity 

 that may be required. I shall be greatly obliged if you 

 appoint one of your gentlemen who knows the country to 

 select that number, and give them and their headman a 

 charge as to their behaviour. If they know that you 

 wish them to behave well it will have great effect. I 

 wish to go down Tanganyika, through Luanda and Chow- 

 ambe, and past the river Karagwe, which falls into Lake 

 Chowambe. Then come back to Ujiji, visit Manyuema 

 and Rua, and then return to Zanzibar, when I hope to 

 see your Highness in the enjoyment of health and 

 happiness." 



Livingstone showed only his usual foresight in taking 

 these precautions for the protection of his next cargo of 

 goods. In stating so plainly his intended route, his pur- 

 pose was doubtless to prevent carelessness in executing 

 his orders, such as might have arisen had it been deemed 

 uncertain where he was going, and whether or not he 

 meant to return by Zanzibar. 



Of letters during the latter part of this period very 

 few seem to have reached their destination. A short 

 letter to Dr. Moffat, bearing date " Near Lake Moero, 

 March 1868/' dwells dolefully on his inability to reach 

 Lake Bemba in consequence of the flooded state of the 



