400 LIFE OF DA VI I) LIVINGSTONE, LL.D. 



the streams which, flowing into Chambeze, Luapula, Lualaba, and the lakes, 

 may be called sources. Thirteen, all larger than the Isis at Oxford, or the 

 Avon at Hamilton, run into one line of drainage, five into another, and five 

 into a third receptacle — twenty-three in all. Not having seen the Nile in the 

 north, I forbear any comparison of volume." 



In a postscript he says, " Always something new from Africa. A large 

 tribe live in underground houses in Rua. Some excavations are said to be 

 thirty miles long, and have running rills in them — a whole district can stand 

 a siege in them. The ' writings ' thereon, I have been told by some of the 

 people, are drawings of animals, and not letters, otherwise I should have gone 

 to see them. People very dark, well made, and outer angle of eyes slanting 

 inwards." That Dr. Livingstone should have been able to write a communi- 

 cation such as this, bristling with facts carefully detailed, under the circum- 

 stances indicated, is as wonderful as the resolute endurance and courage 

 necessary to their collection. 



In a letter to Sir Bartle Frere, he touches upon his anxieties as a father 

 completely separated from his children. He says : — " I am often distressed 

 in thinking of a son whom I left at the University of Glasgow. He was to 

 be two years there, then spend a year in Mons in Germany, for French and 

 German, before trying the Civil Service examination for India. He will now 

 be in especial need of my counsel and assistance, and here I am at Bang- 

 weolo. His elder brother, after being well educated, wandered into the 

 American war, and we know no more of him after an engagement before 

 Richmond.* Possibly Sir Charles Wood (now Lord Halifax) in consideration 

 of my services, might do something to fix this one. . . I feel more at 

 liberty in telling you of my domestic anxiety, and my fears lest Tom should 

 go to the examination unprepared, because you have a family yourself, and 

 will sympathise with me. . . Agnes (his eldest daughter) is to tell Tom 

 not to go in for examination till he is well prepared, and he may take a year 

 more of education where he may have found the most benefit." 



The next information received from Dr. Livingstone was contained in 

 a letter sent to Dr. Kirk at Zanzibar, and was published in the Times of 

 December 13th, 1869. It is dated Ujiji, May 30th, 1869, and is as follows:— 

 " This note goes by Musa Kamaals, who was employed by Koarji to drive the 

 buffaloes hither, but by over-driving them unmercifully in the sun, and tying 

 them up to save trouble in herding, they all died before he got to Unyan- 

 yembe. He witnessed the plundering of my goods, and got a share of them ; 



* He was wounded in the battle mentioned, and died in hospital. He was of a very enter- 

 prising disposition, and previous to his going to the United States, he had made an attempt to join 

 his father in Central Africa. This expedition was undertaken without the knowledge of his family 

 and friends, and want of funds compelled him to abandon it. Dr. Livingstone was unaware of his 

 fate until Mr. Stauley reached him at Ujiji 



