CHAPTER XVIII. 



The " New York Herald's" Expedition in search of Dr. Livingstone — Mr. Stanley 

 arrives at Unyanyembe — War and other Perils — Hostility of the Natives — 

 Reach Ujiji, on Lake Tanganyika — Stanley finds and succours Dr. Living- 

 stone, etc., etc. 



THE expedition of Mr. Stanley now claims our attention. In October, 1869, 

 Mr. James Gordon Bennet, the proprietor of the New York Herald, was 

 in Paris, and staying at the Grand Hotel, when he determined on attempting 

 to succour Dr. Livingstone. Among his staff of travelling correspondents was 

 a Mr. Henry M. Stanley, who had represented his newspaper during the cam- 

 paign against King Theodore in Abyssinia, and it struck him that this was 

 the man who could find the lost traveller, if he was alive. He telegraphed 

 for him at Madrid, where he then was in the prosecution of his duties, and 

 Mr. Stanley started immediately for Paris, which he reached on the following 

 night, after Mr. Bennet had retired to his apartment. The interview which 

 resulted had better be detailed in Mr. Stanley's own words : — 



"I went straight to the ' Grand Hotel ' and knocked at the door of Mr. 

 Bennet's room. ' Come in ! ' I heard a voice say. Entering, I found Mr. 

 Bennet in bed. 



" ' "Who are you ? ' he asked. ' My name is Stanley,' I answered. 



" ' Ah, yes ! sit down ; I have important business on hand for you.' 



"After throwing over his shoulders his robe-de-chambre, Mr. Bennet asked, 

 ' Where do you think Dr. Livingstone is ? ' — ' I really do not know, sir.' 



"'Do you think he is alive ?' — ' He may be, and he may not be,' I answered. 



" ' Well, I think he is alive, and that he can be found ; and I am going to 

 send you to find him.' 



" ' What ! ' said I, ' do you really think I can iind Dr. Livingstone ? Do 

 you mean me to go to Central Africa ? ' 



" ' Yes ; I mean that you shall go, and find him wherever you may hear 

 that he is, and to get what news you can of him, and perhaps' — delivering 

 himself thoughtfully and deliberately — ' the old man may be in want : take 

 enough with you to help him, should he require it. Of course, you will 

 act according to your own plans, and do what you think best — but Find 

 Livingstone.' 



