This Measure Was Necessary, Though Much To
The Regret Of All - For Having Done So Much, They Were Naturally
Anxious To Be Present, When, By The Establishing Ourselves On The
Lake, All Our Efforts Should Be Crowned With Success.
After it had
been decided that these two officers, and all the whites who could be
spared, should be
Sent down to the sea for a passage to England, Dr.
Livingstone was seized in May with a severe attack of dysentery,
which continued for a month, and reduced him to a shadow. Dr. Kirk
kindly remained in attendance till the worst was passed. The parting
took place on the 19th of May.
After a few miles of road were completed, and the oxen broken in, we
resolved to try and render ourselves independent of the south for
fresh provisions, by going in a boat up the Shire, above the
Cataracts, to the tribes at the foot of Lake Nyassa, who were still
untouched by the Ajawa invasion. In furtherance of this plan Dr.
Livingstone and Mr. Rae determined to walk up to examine, and, if
need be, mend the boat which had been left two seasons previously
hung up to the limb of a large shady tree, before attempting to carry
another past the Cataracts. The "Pioneer," which was to be left in
charge of our active and most trustworthy gunner, Mr. Edward D.
Young, R.N., was thoroughly roofed over with euphorbia branches and
grass, so as completely to protect her decks from the sun:
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