LIVINGSTONE AND STANLEY EXPLORING TOGETHER. 505 
a month too late, nor a month too soon. He was sick, he 
was destitute, and help came in time. He had returned to 
Ujiji only to find himself robbed of everything by the very 
man to whom the British Consulate had entrusted his 
goods. This man, called Shercep, had sold them off for 
ivory, and had feasted on the little stock of luxuries sent 
to the Doctor by his friends. 
“ A few days after the arrival of the Herald expedition 
at Ujiji, I asked the Doctor if he had explored the head of 
the Tanganyika. He said he had not ; ‘ he had not thought 
it of so much importance as the central line of drainage; 
besides, when he had proposed to do it, before leaving for 
Manyema, the Wajiji had shown such a disposition to fleece 
him that he had desisted from the attempt.’ 
“ Your correspondent then explained to him what great 
importance was attached to the lake by geographers, as 
stated in the newspapers, and suggested to him, that it 
were better, seeing that he was about to leave Unyanyembe, 
and that something might occur in the meantime to hinder 
him from ever visiting it, to take advantage of the offer I 
made of putting myself, men and effects of the expedition 
at his service for the purpose of exploring the northern 
head of the Tanganyika. He at once accepted the offer, 
and, like a hero, lost no time in starting. On the 29th of 
November Dr. Livingstone and your correspondent, with 
twenty picked men of the Herald expedition, started. De- 
spite the assertions of the Arabs that the Warundi were 
dangerous, and would not let us pass, we hugged their 
coast closely, and when fatigued, boldly camped in their 
country. Once only were we obliged to fly, and this was 
at the dead of night, from a largo party whom we knew 
were surrounding 11 s on the land side. We got to the boat 
in safety, and we might have punished them severely had 
the Doctor been so disposed. Once more we were stoned, 
but we paid no heed to them, and kept on our way along 
their coast until we arrived at Mokamba’s, one of the 
chiefs of Usige. 
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