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Livingstone’s' murder, which caused a search expedition 
to Nyassa under Mr. E. D. Young in 1868. Rounding 
the lake, Livingstone struck in a north-north-west direc¬ 
tion for the south end of Lake Tanganyika, over country 
much of which had not previously been explored. In 
this part of his route he met with those bogs or earthen 
sponges about which he has written so much, and which 
led him astray afterwards in seeking for the Nile. The 
Loangwa was crossed on December 15, and on Christmas 
Day Livingstone lost his four goats, a loss which he felt 
very keenly, “ for whatever kind of food we had, a little 
milk made all right, and I felt strong and well.” Indeed 
after this Livingstone suffered much from scarcity of 
food, and became greatly emaciated and weakened ; and 
the medicine chest was stolen in January, 1868. “I 
felt,” he sadly says, “as if I had now received the 
sentence of death, like poor Bishop Mackenzie.” Fever 
came upon him, and for a time was his almost con¬ 
stant companion ; this, with the fearful dysentery 
and dreadful ulcers, and other ailments which subse- 
cjuently attacked him, and which he had no medicine to 
counteract, no doubt, told fatally on even his iron 
frame. The Chambeze, whose course into Lake Bang- 
weolo Livingstone finally determined, was crossed on 
January 28, and the south end of Tanganyika reached 
March 31. Livingstone was so weak he could not walk 
without tottering. Here, much to his vexation, he got 
into the company of Arab slave-dealers, and was detained 
several months on account of their quarrels. One at 
least of them was very kind to Livingstone, but what 
he saw of the slave dealings, and he met them every¬ 
where, only intensified his horror of the trade. All 
round the Nyassa region was nothing but desolation, 
partly owing to the slave-hunters, and partly to the 
raids of the roving Mazitu. At last he was able to 
proceed westwards, and on November 8 reached the 
north end of Lake Moero. Proceeding southwards, he 
reached Cazembe’s town on Lake Mofwa, where he was 
treated with great kindness, and learned something of 
the visits of his predecessors, Lacerda, Pereira, and 
