A WALK ACROSS AFRICA: 
on 
DOMESTIC SCENES EEOM MY 
NILE JOUENAL. 
CHAPTER I. 
EMBARK AT PLYMOUTH FOR THE CAPE — MADEIRA — RIO DE JAN- 
EIRO — SIMON'S BAY — SAIL FOR ZANZIBAR — CAPTURE OF A 
SLAVE VESSEL AND 500 SLAVES — LAND AT ZANZIBAR ON 
THE 108TH DAY AFTER DEPARTURE FROM ENGLAND. 
On the 30th of April I860, Captain Speke and I 
embarked at Plymouth on board H.M/s steam -ship 
Forte, 51 guns, bearing the flag of Admiral the Hon. 
Sir Henry Keppel, K.C.B., and commanded by Captain 
G. W. Tumour. Generally speaking, few persons care 
to hear details of a voyage to the Cape, although, in a 
frigate with 640 souls on board, a greater variety of 
incident as well as interest might be expected than in an 
ordinary sailing-vessel. Eight days passed smoothly; 
on the ninth day we gladly stepped on shore to enjoy 
the bright island of Madeira, with its scented shrub- 
