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THE THIRD EXPEDITION. 
CHAPTER XXXIX. 
Dll. LIVINOSTONE’s EAST EXPEDITION TO AFRICA. 
Du. Livingstone left England on his third tour of 
exploration August 14th, 18G5. From England he went 
to Paris, and from Paris to Bombay, and from thence to 
Zanzibar. lie thence, on March 28th, 1866, crossed to the 
mainland, and started for the interior by way of Iiovuma. 
Ilis object was to push, by way of the Rovuraa, to the 
northern extremity of Lake Nyassa. In this expedition, 
he was aided by the government, and was given consular 
authority, having been appointed Consul for Inner Africa. 
In December, a number of the natives who had accom- 
panied him, returned and stated that he had been killed 
by a party of Mazitus, on the shore of Lake Nyassa. This 
news was sent to the English Government by Dr. Seward, 
tue British Political Resident at Zanzibar, in a letter to 
Lord Stanley, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. 
The letter was dated December 10th, 1866, and gave quite 
a detailed account of Dr. Livingstone’s death. The man 
who reported that he had been able most wonderfully to 
escape, narrated the particulars of the contest in which tho 
Doctor lost his life with great particularity of detail. 
According to this account, the date of Livingstone’s death 
was placed about the middle of September. The native 
who gave this account was also examined by Dr. Kirk, of 
Zanzibar, who wrote a full description of his examination. 
The account was, however, not believed universally. 
Dr. Livingstone’s friend, Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, 
the President of the Royal Geographical Society, and at 
whose instance chiefly Livingstone had undertaken this 
last exploration, disbelieved the story. Another disbe- 
liever in the story was Mr. E. 0. Young, an African 
explorer and trader. The notorious unreliability of many 
®f the persons, like the man who brought the news, and 
