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



height of the Nyassa above the sea is one thousand eight hundred and thirty- 

 four feet. 



" Before the arrival of the second party, headed by the Rev. Dr. Stewart, 

 of Lovedale, himself, and consisting of the Rev. Dr Black, Dr Macklin, Mr. 

 Thelwell, Mr. Cotterill, and others whom, it will be remembered, we had in 

 Cape Town on their way some five months ago, the village of Livingstonia 

 had commenced to rise into existence. Houses, workshops, etc., had been 

 constructed. Lieutenant Young and his party, it may be well understood, 

 were not idle. When this second party arrived they were cheered to find 

 that the noble undertaking was well begun. It certainly is not to the credit 

 of the Portuguese authorities at Killimane that they should have thrown 

 obstacles in the way of Dr. Stewart's party, which was detained there for 

 fourteen days. We are aware of the fact that Sir Henry Barkly gave special 

 letters of commendation to the Portuguese Governor. If ever an expedition 

 was to be commended as in the cause of civilisation and progress the Living- 

 stonia one was. They were charged twenty-six per cent, custom dues — an 

 undoubtedly exorbitant tariff — and obstacles thrown in their way besides. 

 It was the idea of the Rev. Dr. Black that a postal route might be opened up 

 at once between the lake and Nyassa, but as far as we can understand from 

 what Lieutenant Young tells us, the Portuguese at Killimane have their in- 

 terests otherwise than with progress and the spread of civilisation in Africa. 

 How easily such a postal route could be organised is apparent, when we state 

 that Lieutenant Young has succeeded in making a treaty with two of the 

 most important tribes in the route via Killimane, the Cataracts of the Shire, 

 and Nyassa. These tribes are the Maviti, near the lake, and the Makololo, 

 one hundred and fifty miles off, at the Cataracts. They know the name of 

 England, and trust it. As Lieutenant Young says, now an Englishman may 

 go through the whole country with a walking-stick; but a Portuguese requires 

 armed force. It is to be hoped that something will be done by the English 

 authorities which will compel the Portuguese to give way to the progress of 

 events in that part of the continent of Africa. No doubt Lieutenant Young 

 will have something to say to Sir Bartle Frere on this subject, and possibly 

 to the King of the Belgians as well as to his own Grovernment. 



" The second party were met by Lieutenant Young at the Lower Shire. 

 He had brought with him one thousand natives to carry the goods and effects 

 of the party across the Cataract country. He started to the steamer, which 

 was lying under the Cataracts, with five hundred of these, each loaded with 

 from fifty to sixty pounds of goods. The journey to the steamer was seventy- 

 five miles, and the work was done for six yards of calico to each man. He 

 went to Livingstonia with these goods, returned again to the Cataracts, went 

 back, and returned once more, and had at length the satisfaction of finding 

 his party safe at Livingstonia with all their baggage and material. It will 



