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and a little more than forty-three miles from Cape 
Luvumba. 
On the 11th of December, after seven hours’ pulling, 
we arrived at picturesque Zassi again ; on the 1 2th, at 
the pretty cove of Niasanga ; and at 11 a.m. we had 
rounded past Bangwe, and Ujiji was before us. 
We entered the port very quietly, without the usual 
firing of guns, as we were short of powder and ball. As 
we landed, our soldiers and the Arab magnates came to 
the water’s edge to greet us. 
Mabruki had a rich budget to relate to us, of what 
had occurred during our absence. This faithful man, 
left behind in charge of Livingstone’s house, had done 
most excellently. Kalulu had scalded himself, and had 
a frightful raw sore on his chest in consequence. 
Mabruki had locked up Marora in chains for wounding 
one of the asses. Bilali, the stuttering coward, a bully 
of women, had caused a tumult in the market-place, and 
had been sharply belaboured with the stick by Mabruki. 
And, above all most welcome, was a letter I received 
from the American Consul at Zanzibar, dated June 11th, 
containing telegrams from Paris as late as April 22nd 
of the same year ! Poor Livingstone exclaimed, “ And 
I have none. What a pleasant thing it is to have a real 
and good friend ! ” 
Our voyage on the Tanganika had lasted twenty-eight 
days, during which time we had traversed over 300 miles 
of water. 
