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Dr. Livingstone.
Zambesi country about twenty years before. These
gentlemen were the bearers of despatches from the
Foreign Office, instructing Dr. Kirk to give “ all the
advice and assistance in his power in furtherance
of the object of the mission.” The expedition left
England on the 9th of February, 1872, and arrived at
Lawistar on the 19th of April; here it was joined by
Mr. Charles New, an African missionary of great ex¬
perience, who volunteered his services as a member
and interpreter. We should here mention that it was
well known in England at the time our expedition
started, that Mr. Henry Stanley, of the New York
Herald was then in Africa, endeavouring to find and
succour Livingstone ; but accounts had arrived of his
being stopped by disturbances at Unyanyembe, and
little hope was entertained of his ultimate success.
And now to return to the English expedition. While
men were being engaged and every preparation made
for a start, vague rumours were heard to the effect
that Stanley had succeeded in reaching Ujiji. They
were not at first believed, but presently three messen¬
gers arrived from the interior with the startling in¬
telligence, that not only had Stanley reached Ujiji, but
he had discovered Livingstone, and was then returning
with all speed to the coast. A few days later the young
American himself appeared on the scene, confirming
the report of the messengers, and telling how, less
than two months before he had left the Doctor alive
and well at Unyanyembe, properly supplied with pro¬
visions and all necessaries. The leaders of the English
expedition now considered that the main objects of