45° DAVID LIVINGSTONE. [chap. xxn. 



ing the remains of Dr. Livingstone was met. The other 

 party, under command of Lieutenant Grandy, was to go to 

 the West Coast, start from Loanda, strike the Congo, and 

 move on to Lake Lincoln. This expedition was fitted 

 out solely at the cost of Mr. Young. He was deeply con- 

 cerned for the safety of his friend, knowing how he was 

 hated by the slave-traders whose iniquities he had 

 exposed, and thinking it likely that if he once reached 

 Lake Lincoln he would make for the west coast along the 

 Congo. The purpose of these expeditions is carefully 

 explained in a letter addressed to Dr. Livingstone by 

 Sir Henry Rawlinson, then President of the Hoyal 

 Geographical Society : — 



"London, Nov. 20, 1872. 



" Dear Dr. Livingstone, — You will no doubt have heard of Sir 

 Bartle Frere's deputation to Zanzibar long before you receive this, 

 and you will have learnt with heartfelt satisfaction that there is now 

 a definite prospect of the infamous East African slave-trade being 

 suppressed. For this great end, if it be achieved, we shall be mainly 

 indebted to your recent letters, which have had a powerful effect on 

 the public mind in England, and have thus stimulated the action of 

 the Government. Sir Bartle will keep you informed of his arrange- 

 ments, if there are any means of communicating with the interior, and 

 I am sure you will assist him to the utmost of your power in carrying 

 out the good work in which he is engaged. 



" It was a great disappointment to us that Lieutenant Dawson's 

 expedition, which we fitted out in the beginning of the year with such 

 completeness, did not join you at Unyanyembe, for it could not have 

 failed to be of service to you in many ways. We are now trying 

 to aid you with a second expedition under Lieutenant Cameron, 

 whom we have sent out under Sir Bartle's orders, to join you if 

 possible in the vicinity of Lake Tanganyika, and attend to your 

 wishes in respect to his further movements. We leave it entirely to 

 your discretion whether you like to keep Mr. Cameron with you or 

 to send him on to the Victoria Nyanza, or any other points that you 

 are unable to visit yourself. Of course the great point of interest con- 

 nected with your present exploration is the determination of the 

 lower course of the Lualaba. Mr. Stanley still adheres to the view, 

 which you formerly held, that it drains into the Nile ; but if the levels 

 which you give are correct, this is impossible. At any rate, the 

 opinion of the identity of the Congo and Lualaba is now becoming 

 so universal that Mr. Young has come forward with a donation of 

 £2000 to enable us to send another expedition to your assistance up 



