478 LIFE OF DA VID LI V1NGST0NE, LL.D. 



resolute daring, and an iron constitution can do, will be done to unravel the 

 mystery of the " Heart of Africa." 



As this sheet goes to press, we learn that Mr. Stanley, who had met 

 with a gratifying reception from the authorities at Zanzibar, has, along with 

 Mr. Laing, a Zanzibar merchant, ascended the Lufiji river, which flows into 

 the Indian Ocean, opposite the island of Monfia. He reports that boats, of 

 light draught, can ascend it at certain seasons, for a distance of over two 

 hundred and forty miles. The main stream of slave traffic from Central 

 Africa crosses this river at the point where it ceases to be navigable. While 

 this river will materially lessen the travel to Lake Tanganyika, it will also 

 prove of great usefulness in the final suppression of the slave trade. 



