932 LIFE OF DA VII) LIVINGSTONE, LL.D. 



that they are lost. Mr. Stanley was fifty-one days on the Tanganyika to ex- 

 plore it. It is very large, fish abundant, and the natives are more of a friend- 

 ly nature than the savages of the Victoria Nyanza. They make trade with 

 corn, palm oil, etc., and the Arabs trade with ivory and slaves, which are 

 brought chiefly to Ujiji. 



"My Dear Parents — "We have made a good round, but have not yet fin- 

 ished. We have discovered the sources of the Nile and now are on the way 

 to finish Dr. Livingstone's great task. We leave Ujiji to-morrow to cross 

 Tanganyika, to solve the mystery concerning the Nile and the Congo. When 

 we reach Nyangwe we shall hear more about it. We have three ways to go, 

 but which one to take we cannot say. Any way, if we can get to the West 

 Coast from there we shall be home in good time. But if we have to return 

 by Zanzibar it will be a long journey ; but that will be best known there. 

 We only hear of the road S.W. of us, but the route we want to follow we 

 hear but little about. I hope that by the time this reaches you we shall be 

 done our work and on our road home. 



" There has been much sickness here, but things look brighter. I have 

 had three severe attacks of fever, but, thank God, I am in good health now, 

 and if all go well I hope to see you again nest summer. I often wonder if 

 you are all well, and that is all I can do ; for I seem to be always marching 

 under a burning sun, with thirsty lips and tongue ; but it is a life I like, there 

 are so many changes, and so many tribes, so many countries, nearly all dif- 

 ferent. The slave trade is carried on here in a dreadful manner. It would 

 surprise you to see the whips and chains and the way the slaves are treated 

 by their masters, the Arabs. 



" My Dear Parents — Excuse this short note, for I have much to do to- 

 day, and to-morrow morning we shall go from here five days' journey to 

 Uguha ; from there to Nyangwe, forty days ; then along the great river, 

 about fifty or sixty days ; but I cannot tell you all. Give my love to all and 

 everybody. I cannot mention names. You will forward the notes enclosed. 

 I dare say you think me lost, but I am still in good health and happy, for 

 such a climate. Our goods are getting short, but we have enough to find 

 out the river. Our road ahead by all accounts is good, food plentiful, and 

 nice people. 



"If we can get a road to the West Coast we shall go, and the Wan- 

 guana will return to Zanzibar. I can assure you I am longing to see you all, 

 to get some English food and more clothes and shoes and other comforts that 

 cannot be got here. Perhaps Jem or Harry will say, ' Why don't he write 

 to me ?' but I cannot write to all. I only wish I had one word from home ; 

 I would not care who it came from. I have written to George and William, 

 and you must send my news to all the others. But the neighbours, I should 

 think, have quite forgotten me by this time. I am in a hurry, therefore I 



