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millet, and everywhere water is abundant. I should say it would by proper 

 management become a very rich country; but the great drawback is the 

 absence of any king or ruler recognised over the entire country. Kings there 

 are in abundance, for every village we passed had one, but there is no central 

 authority. 



" We are now at the place where Stanley had his camp, ami where one 

 of his men died and is buried — the grave marked by a stone, inscribed ' F.B., 

 1875, Stanley's Ex.' As yet I cannot say if it will suit our purposes of boat- 

 building, etc., because we, having arrived only this day, have not as yet 

 examined the country about us as regards the timber. From what I have 

 been able to see, there does not appear to be very much in this neighbour- 

 hood, and the king of this place, in conjunction with Songoro, the slave-trader, 

 is building a dhow on the island of Ukerewe, opposite to us. This has been 

 in progress for the last three years, and is not yet finished : this is the same 

 vessel referred to by Stanley last year. The sight of the deep blue waters of 

 Nyanza was to us most cheering this day, after our long land journey. Wilson 

 has been unwell for the latter portion of the march with fever, but I am 

 thankful to say that my health has never been better. I have walked the 

 whole distance, and I believe I have now got completely rid of the fever at- 

 tacks to which I had been previously subject." 



With the record of the establishment of these three missions — one on 

 Lake Nyassa — one on Lake Tanganyika — and one on Lake Nyanza, we close 

 our work. These constitute a triple crown to complete and adorn the heroic 

 labours of David Livingstone. The spirit of that noble man watches, no 

 doubt, with lively interest the carrying out of objects that were so dear to 

 him while here. His broad, catholic nature must rejoice in the fact that 

 they are prosecuted by various sections of the Church of Christ. Through 

 their influence, and that of kindred efforts, Africa shall be redeemed from 

 the bondage of ignorance and degradation; and all her peoples, from the 

 Nile to the Zambesi, from the Indian to the Atlantic Ocean, be brought in- 

 to the family of Christ. 



