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the fact that his story was a cover for receiving his own 
wages, were the chief reasons why those acquainted with 
the subject disbelieved his tale, notwithstanding its circum- 
stantial character. The Royal Geographical Society had 
received letters from Dr. Livingstone up to February, 1867. 
In October, 1867, they had heard that he was at Ujiji, on 
Lake Tanganyika. The London Timex for October 20, 
1868, printed a letter from Sir R. I. Murchison, in which 
he said he thought Dr. Livingstone was alive, and was 
coming home ; and that this rumor was current in Zan- 
zibar. 
Previous to this, an English expedition in search of Dr. 
Livingstone left England in June, 1867, under the com- 
mand of Mr E. 0. Young, and arrived at the Zambesi on 
the 25th of July. Six weeks after they reached the foot 
of Lake Nyassa, and having gathered reliable information 
that Dr. Livingstone was safe and sound, near Ujiji, they 
returned home. March 30th, 1868, Dr. Kirk, at Zanzibar, 
received news of Livingstone which he considered reliable, 
it being brought from the interior by some traders, but 
from that date until July, 1872, nothing reliable was heard 
from the intrepid explorer. 
In 1871 another expedition in search of Livingstone was 
sent out by the English Government, and in the summer 
of that year Stanley had started upon his search. 
The following extract from a speech delivered by Stanley 
before the British Association, gives a most graphic account 
of the planning of this expedition. He said : “ While I 
was following ray duties at Madrid, I received a telegram 
to come to Paris on important business. I went and found 
tfr. James Gordon Bennett, the younger, of the New York 
Herald. I found him in bed. 1 knocked at his door, lie 
said come in, and then demanded my name. 
“ ‘My name is Stanley.’ 
“‘Oh! you are the man I want. Do you know where 
Dr. Livingstone is V 
“ I said ; ' I declare to you I do not.’ 
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