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Central Africa, 
Mission, and soon after landing, died of fever at Shupanga, 
April 27th, 1862. Returning again to England for a brief 
space, he made preparations for another journey into the 
interior of Africa. *^His object was now to proceed as 
nearly parallel as possible to the course of the Rovuma, to 
reach the northern end of Lake Nyassa, and to ascertain 
whether this lake and Lake Tanganyika joined waters. 
From thence he would endeavour to extend his explorations 
northwards on the chain of lakes, working upwards towards 
the Nile sources." This was a hazardous undertaking ; a 
German explorer, Dr. Roscher, had been murdered in i860, 
while engaged upon similar researches ; but still Livingstone 
was not dismayed. Everywhere he found that slavery was 
" the open sore of Africa ; upon every occasion he en- 
deavoured to combat it, and continually he found that it 
was opposed to the mental and spiritual upraising of the 
people. Being now British consul, he could exercise some 
degree of authority, and always was this authority used in 
the interests of science, humanity, and rehgion. During 
this journey, his Johanna men deserted him, and raised a 
story of his death ; but many, who knew Livingstone, dis- 
believed this story. A search was instituted for him, and 
it was found that he yet lived. After a while he became 
lost again, and a second *^ Search Expedition was organ- 
ized under the direction of Livingstone's son and others. 
While this was proceeding, however, to the interior, it 
became known that an energetic American, commissioned 
by the New York Herald^ and named Henry Stanley, had 
found the lost traveller at Ujiji, and had succoured him. In 
1872, Stanley left the great explorer, who could not be 
persuaded to relinquish his task and return home. He had 
other work yet to accomplish, and was determined to suc- 
ceed, or die. But in order to fulfil these tasks, he had to 
