HIS JO URNEYS—RET URN HOME. xx 1 1 1 



to the end. The last journey necessarily occupies most of the 

 book, and absorbs public attention, since during its progress 

 the great discoveries were made of so much consequence to 

 Africa and the world. Preparatory to this, he sent his family 

 home to England from Cape Town. This journey extended 

 from the southern extremity of the Continent to St Paul 

 de Loanda, the capital of Angola on the West coast, and 

 thence across South Central Africa in an oblique direction to 

 Quillimane in Eastern Africa 1 . On his arrival at Tete, the 

 most inland settlement of the Portuguese, he left there 113 of 

 his native attendants lent to him by Sekeletu, and pro- 

 ceeded down the Zambesi to Quillimane ; thence, on the 

 12th of July, he set sail in Her Majesty's brig " Frolic," 

 for the Mauritius, accompanied by Sekwebu 2 , his native 

 interpreter, where he arrived on the 12th of August. He 

 staid here with Major-General C. M. Hay until November, 

 and then came home by way of the Red Sea, arriving in 

 England on the 12th of December, 1856. 



His residence at home has been gratifying both to 

 him and to the public at large; and has been usefully 

 spent. He wisely determined on preparing and publishing 

 his book before making any public appearances. To com- 

 mit to paper so valuable a mass of information in a manner 

 intelligible to all was a matter of first importance ; accident, 

 sickness, or death might have prevented him. He has lectured 

 many times in public, and has been enthusiastically received. 

 Societies have elected him an honorary member of their 

 bodies ; towns and cities have presented him with their 



1 Travels, p. 94. 



2 See an account of the death of Sekwebu, note, p. 1 4. 



