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and paraphernalia of travel with which Mr. Stanley had laden 

 one hundred and fifty men at Bagamoyo. There were seventy- 

 four loads of miscellaneous things, and the most valuable of 

 these were to be turned over to Dr. Livingstone. What a 

 change, what a deliverance, what a godsend to that weary, 

 anxious heart was the realization of this assistance? Now he 

 could think of the Nile again ; he could plan his route; he could 

 form all his plans ; he could write his letters to his friends in 

 England telling them what he proposed to do, for the means 

 were in his hand. He was not a beggar ; he was independent 

 once more. 



Mr. Stanley's mission was now accomplished, and his duty 

 called him homeward. The noble man who had sent him forth 

 so benevolently was waiting for a report; the world was waiting 

 to be relieved of its suspense about Livingstone. The goods, 

 boxes and bales were overhauled. They had not been inviolate 

 entirely; of course the thieves had levied their tax ; some of the 

 choicest articles were missing. The notorious white ants too 

 — those astonishing little sawyers of Africa — had been at work ; 

 they had destroyed a number of the gun-stocks. Probably the 

 most welcome articles in the whole lot which had been sent him 

 were four flannel shirts from his daughter, and two pairs of 

 splendid walking-shoes which had been very thoughtfully pro- 

 vided by his " friend Waller." Mr. Stanley placed at his dis- 

 posal abundance of beads and cloth and wire, etc., etc. So far 

 the traveller was fixed; there was one thing remaining — men, 

 such men as could not be obtained in Unyanyembe. All the 

 wealth of the world could avail him nothing without men. He 

 needed at least fifty men to carry this great pocket-book and 

 provision basket, and these men should be well armed. Mr. 

 Stanley undertook to send these men so equipped from Zanzibar. 



The doctor had finished his letters, and all things were ready 

 for the departure. Besides the letters, he had carefully packed 

 his journals of the past years in a box "sealed with five seals ; 

 the impression on them those of an American gold coin, an anna, 

 half anna, and cake of paint with royal arms — positively not to 

 be opened." The Arabs had made their farewell calls, and at 

 night the native followers of Singiri gathered about the tern be 

 to give the American a farewell dance. He says, " It was a wild 



