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slave trade was more horrible and widespread than ever. 
It was clear that the Portuguese officials were them¬ 
selves at the bottom of the traffic, and when Livingstone 
realised this, he did not fail to expose them, and of 
course was calumniated in return. The Lady Nyassa 
was not taken above the cataracts, but, Kirk and Charles 
Livingstone being compelled to return to England on 
account of their health, the doctor resolved once more 
to visit the lake, and proceeded some distance up the 
west side, and then north-west as far as the watershed 
that separates the Loangwa from the rivers that run into 
stone as well as the ladies. It seemed to have rendered 
all his efforts to establish a mission futile. A still 
greater loss to him was that of his own wife at Shupanga, 
on April 27, 1862. 
The Lady Nyassa was taken to the Rovuma. Up 
this river Livingstone managed to steam 156 miles, once 
being very fiercely attacked by the natives from the 
banks. Further progress was arrested by rocks. Re¬ 
turning to the Zambesi in the beginning of 1863, 
Livingstone found that the desolation caused by the 
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