DE. LIVINGSTONE'S LAST JOURNALS. 



CHAPTER I. 



Arrival at Zanzibar. Hearty reception by Said Majid, tlie Sultan. 

 Murder of Baron van der Decken. Tbe slave-market. Preparations 

 for starting to tbe interior. Embarkation in H.M.S. Penguin and 

 dhow. Eovuma Bay impracticable. Disembarks at Mikindany. Joy 

 at travelling once more. Trouble with sepoys. Camels attacked by 

 tsetse fly, and by sepoys. Jungle sappers. Meets old enemies. The 

 Makonde. Lake Nangandi. Gum-copal diggings. 



Zanzibae, 28th January, 1866. — After a passage of twenty- 

 three days from Bombay we arrived at this island in the 

 Thule, which was one of Captain Sherard Osborne's late 

 Chinese fleet, and now a present from the Bombay Govern- 

 ment to the Sultan of Zanzibar. I was honoured with 

 the commission to make the formal presentation, and 

 this was intended by H. E. the Governor-in-Council to 

 show in how much estimation I was held, and thereby 

 induce the Sultan to forward my enterprise. The letter 

 to his Highness was a commendatory epistle in my favour, 

 foT which consideration on the part of Sir Bartle Frere I 

 feel deeply grateful. It runs as follows : — 



To His Highness Sejuel Majid, Sultan of Zanzibae. 



(Copy.) 



" Youe Highness, — I trust that this will find you in the 

 enjoyment of health and happiness. 



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