936 LIFE OF DA VID LIVINGSTONE, LL.D. 



sufficient force and equipment he will not have been easily deterred from 

 grappling with the important question which Captain Cameron was unhappily 

 obliged to leave undecided. He knows what remains to be achieved ; and 

 though he may possibly make a temporary excursion in the direction of his 

 new Alexandra Nile, to visit perchance the fountains of this remarkable tri- 

 butary, we believe and hope that the intrepid explorer will devote what is 

 left of his forces to the all-absorbing matter of the course of the Lualaba from 

 Nyangwe. 



" Even if he should not be able thus to attack that last great problem of 

 Central Africa, the work which Mr. Stanley has accomplished must stand, in 

 the judgment of all generous and competent men, one of surprising extent 

 and value. He has pierced by a new route from the coast to the Victorian 

 Sea; thoroughly explored and mapped out that splendid water ; carried his 

 line of march across to the Albert, where he has marked an extensive gulf 

 and previously unknown shores ; after which he has tracked upward this not- 

 able branch, the Alexandra Nile, to its reservoir, and then, descending by 

 Unyanyembe, has thoroughly explored and ' settled ' the Tanganyika. We 

 feel that in presence of labours like these there is no need to bespeak on his 

 behalf the friendly wishes and interpretations of the public. If any calumnies 

 and jealousies strike or have struck at this courageous traveller in his absence, 

 they have been and are estimated by honest people at their proper worth ; 

 and perhaps would never be risked at all except in the thought that he may 

 not return. But a vast part of this arduous journey is now triumphantly 

 accomplished, and we cherish the earnest hope of shortly welcoming back 

 the indefatigable explorer and his deserving attendant, Frank Pocock, possibly 

 too with fresh and precious fruit of all the hardships and dangers which they 

 have so long endured." 



