62 LIVINGSTONE'S LAST JOUENALS. [Chap. IIL 



ing from irritable eating ulcers on the feet in Manyuema, 

 August, 1870." 



[On the reverse we see that the scrap was evidently 

 snipped off a list of books advertised at the end of some 

 volume which, with the tea and other things sent to Ujiji, 

 had reached him before setting out on this perilous journey. 

 The " drop of comfort " is as follows : — ] 



" A NAKKATIVE OF AN EXPEDITION TO THE 

 ZAMBESI AND ITS TEIBUTAEIES, 



AND THE DISCOVEEY OF LAKES SHIEWA AND NYASSA. 



Fifth Thousand. With Map and Illustrations. 8vo. 21s. 



"'Few achievements in our day have made a greater 

 impression than that of the adventurous missionary who 

 unaided crossed the Continent of Equatorial Africa. His 

 unassuming simplicity, his varied intelligence, his indomit- 

 able pluck, his steady religious purpose, form a combination 

 of qualities rarely found in one man. By common consent, 

 Dr. Livingstone has come to be regarded as one of the most 

 remarkable travellers of his own or of any other age.'— 

 British Quarterly Bevieiv. " 



[The kindly pen of the reviewer served a good turn when 

 there was " no medicine " but the following : — ] 



I was at last advised to try malachite, rubbed down with 

 Avater on a stone, and applied with a feather : this is the 

 only thing that has any beneficial effect. 



9th September, 1870. — A Londa slave stole ten goats from 

 the Manyuema ; he was bound, but broke loose, and killed 

 two goats yesterday. He was given to the Manyuema. The 

 Balonda evidently sold their criminals only. He was shorn 



