dr. Livingstone's researches. 423 
" In my last letter, dated 20th September, 
1853, I reported my return to the town of 
Sekeletu, on the Chobe, after haying visited 
the country of the Barotse, and the river Lee- 
ambye or Zambesi, as far ISTorth as its con- 
fluence with the Leeba ; and I mentioned my 
intention of proceeding to Loanda, in order, if 
possible, to open a path, whereby commercial 
intercourse might be maintained with the Wes- 
tern coast, as a means of ameliorating the con- 
dition of the people of the interior. The pre- 
sent communication is intended to convey a 
sketch of the journey from the point at which 
my last terminated, viz., the confluence of 
the Leeambye and Leeba, latitude 14° 11' 3" 
South, longitude 23° 40' 30" East, to Loanda, 
the capital of the Portuguese possessions in 
"Western Africa. 
" Sekeletu, who by the abdication of his sis- 
ter, now possesses the chieftainship, and the 
principal men of his * tribe, entered cordially 
into the project of opening a new road for com- 
mercial purposes. 
"The commerce of the country over which 
Sekeletu now reigns, and that of numerous 
tribes situated more to the East, has been, until 
lately, completely neglected by Europeans. A 
large waterfall called Mosioatunya, is conjec- 
tured to have prevented the Portuguese from 
