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AFRICA AND ITS EXPLORATION. 
I have already stated how it was that the Doctor and 
I undertook the exploration of the northern half of the 
Tanganika and the River Rusizi, about which so much 
had been said and written. 
Before embarking on this enterprise, Dr. Livingstone 
had not definitely made up his mind which course he 
should take, as his position was truly deplorable. His 
servants consisted of Susi, Chumah, Hamoydah, Gardner, 
and Halimah, the female cook and wife of Hamoydah ; 
Stanley’s guides. 
to these was added Kaif-Halek, the man whom I com- 
pelled to follow me from Unyanyembe to deliver the 
Livingstone letters to his master. 
Whither could Dr. Livingstone march with these few 
men, and the few table-cloths and beads that remained 
to him from the store squandered by the imbecile 
Sherif? This was a puzzling question. Had Dr. 
Livingstone been in good health, his usual hardihood 
and indomitable spirit had answered it in a summary 
way. He might have borrowed some cloth from Sayd 
