PREFACE. Vll 



to aid me in another attempt to open Africa to civil- 

 izing influences, and a valued private friend has given 

 a thousand pounds for the same object. I propose to 

 go inland, north of the territory which the Portuguese 

 in Europe claim, and endeavour to commence that 

 system on the East which has been so eminently 

 successful on the West Coast ; a system combining 

 the repressive efforts of H.M. cruisers with lawful 

 trade and Christian Missions — the moral and material 

 results of which have been so gratifying. I hope to 

 ascend the Rovuma, or some other river North of Cape 

 Delgado, and, in addition to my other work, shall 

 strive, by passing along the Northern end of Lake 

 Nyassa and round the Southern end of Lake Tan- 

 ganyika, to ascertain the watershed of that part of 

 Africa. In so doing, I have no wish to unsettle what 

 with so much toil and danger was accomplished by 

 Speke and Grant, but rather to confirm their illus- 

 trious discoveries. 



I have to acknowledge the obliging readiness of 

 Lord Russell in lending me the drawings taken by 

 the artist who was in the first instance attached to the 

 Expedition. These sketches, with photographs by 

 Charles Livingstone and Dr. Kirk, have materially 

 assisted in the illustrations. I would also very sin- 

 cerely thank my friends Professor Owen and 3Ir. 

 Oswell for many valuable hints and other aid in the 

 preparation of this volume. 



Newstead Abbaij, 

 Ajjril 16, 1835. 



