I feel comfortable in commending you
to the guardianship of the good Lord and Father of all.
I am gratefully yours,
David Livingstone.
I have worked as hard as I could copying observations made in one
line of march from Kabuire, back again to Cazembe, and on to Lake
Baugweolo, and am quite tired out. My large figures fill six
sheets of foolscap, and many a day will elapse ere I take to
copying again. I did my duty when ill at Ujiji in 1869, and am
not to blame, though they grope a little in the dark at home.
Some Arab letters have come, and I forward them to you.
D. L.
March 16, 1872.
P.S. - I have written a note this morning to Mr. Murray,
50, Albemarle Street, the publisher, to help you, if necessary,
in sending the Journal by book post, or otherwise, to Agnes.
If you call on him you will find him a frank gentleman. A pleasant
journey to you.
David Livingstone.
To Henry M. Stanley, Esq.,
Wherever he may be found.
Several Wangwana arrived at Tura to join our returning Expedition,
as they were afraid to pass through Ugogo by themselves; others
were reported coming; but as all were sufficiently warned at
Unyanyembe that the departure of the caravan would take place
positively on the 14th, I was not disposed to wait longer.
As we were leaving Tura, on the 21st, Susi and Hamoydah were sent
back to the Doctor, with last words from me, while we continued our
march to Nghwhalah River.
Two days afterwards we arrived before the village of Ngaraisa,
into which the head of the caravan attempted to enter but the
angry Wakimbu forcibly ejected them.
On the 24th, we encamped in the jungle, in what is called the
"tongoni," or clearing.
This region was at one period in a most flourishing state; the
soil is exceedingly fertile; the timber is large, and would be
valuable near the coast; and, what is highly appreciated in
Africa, there is an abundance of water. We camped near a smooth,
broad hump of syenite, at one end of which rose, upright and grand,
a massive square rock, which towered above several small trees in
the vicinity; at the other end stood up another singular rock,
which was loosened at the base.
The members of the Expedition made use of the great sheet of rock
to grind their grain; a common proceeding in these lands where
villages are not near, or when the people are hostile.
On the 27th of March we entered Kiwyeh. At dawn, when leaving
Mdaburu River, the solemn warning had been given that we were
about entering Ugogo; and as we left Kaniyaga village, with
trumpet-like blasts of the guide's horn, we filed into the depths
of an expanse of rustling Indian corn.
