338 LIVINGSTONE'S LAST JOURNALS. [Chap. XIII. 



20th October, 1873. — We will here run on ahead with 

 Chuma on his way to communicate with the new arrivals. 

 He reached the Arab settlement without let or hindrance. 

 Lieut. Cameron was quickly put in possession of the main 

 facts of Dr. Livingstone's death by reading Jacob's letter,, 

 and Chuma was questioned concerning it in the presence of 

 Dr. Dillon and Lieut. Murphy. It Avas a disappointment to 

 find that the reported arrival of Mr. Oswell Livingstone was. 

 entirely erroneous ; but Lieut. Cameron showed the wayworn 

 men every kindness. Chuma rested one day before setting 

 out to relieve his comrades to whom he had arranged to 

 make his way as soon as possible. Lieut. Cameron expressed 

 a fear that it would not be safe for him to carry the cloth 

 he was willing to furnish them with if he had not a stronger- 

 convoy, as he himself had suffered too sorely from terrified 

 bearers on his way thither ; but the young fellows were 

 pretty well acquainted with native marauders by this time,, 

 and set off without apprehension. 



And now the greater part of their task is over. The 

 weather-beaten company wind their way into the old 

 well-known settlement of Kwihara. A host of Arabs and 

 their attendant slaves meet them as they sorrowfully take 

 their charge to the same Tembe in which the " weary wait- 

 ing " was endured before, and then they submit to the 

 systematic questioning which the native traveller is so well 

 able to sustain. 



News in abundance was offered in return. The porters 

 of the Livingstone East-Coast Aid Expedition had plenty 

 to relate to the porters sent by Mr. Stanley. Mirambo's 

 war dragged on its length, and matters had changed very 

 little since they were there before, either for better or for 

 worse. They found the English officers extremely short 

 of goods ; but Lieut. Cameron, no doubt with the object of 

 his Expedition full in view, very properly felt it a first duty 

 to relieve the wants of the party that had performed this 



