The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death

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Title: The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from
1865 to His Death, Volume II (of 2), 1866-1868 Continued By A
Narrative Of His Last Moments And Sufferings, Obtained From His
Faithful Servants Chuma And Susi
Author: David Livingstone
Editor: Horace Waller
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THE LAST JOURNALS
OF
DAVID LIVINGSTONE,
IN CENTRAL AFRICA, FROM 1865 TO HIS DEATH.
CONTINUED BY A NARRATIVE OF HIS LAST MOMENTS AND
SUFFERINGS, OBTAINED FROM HIS FAITHFUL SERVANTS
CHUMA AND SUSI
BY HORACE WALLER, F.R.G.S., RECTOR OF TWYWELL,
NORTHAMPTON.
IN TWO VOLUMES.--VOL. II. [1869-1873]
WITH PORTRAIT, MAPS, AND ILLUSTRATIONS.
LONDON: JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET. 1874.

CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
Bad beginning of the new year. Dangerous illness. Kindness of Arabs.
Complete helplessness. Arrive at Tanganyika. The Doctor is conveyed
in canoes. Kasanga Islet. Cochin-China fowls. Reaches Ujiji. Receives

some stores. Plundering hands. Slow recovery. Writes despatches.
Refusal of Arabs to take letters. Thani bin Suellim. A den of slavers.
Puzzling current in Lake Tanganyika. Letters sent off at last.
Contemplates visiting the Manyuema. Arab depredations. Starts for
new explorations in Manyuema, 12th July, 1869. Voyage on the Lake.
Kabogo East. Crosses Tanganyika. Evil effects of last illness. Elephant
hunter's superstition. Dugumbé. The Lualaba reaches the Manyuema.
Sons of Moenékuss. Sokos first heard of. Manyuema customs. Illness.
CHAPTER II.
Prepares to explore River Lualaba. Beauty of the Manyuema country.
Irritation at conduct of Arabs. Dugumbé's ravages. Hordes of traders
arrive. Severe fever. Elephant trap. Sickness in camp. A good
Samaritan. Reaches Mamohela and is prostrated. Beneficial effects of
Nyumbo plant. Long illness. An elephant of three tusks. All men desert
except Susi, Chuma, and Gardner. Starts with these to Lualaba. Arab
assassinated by outraged Manyuema. Returns baffled to Mamohela.
Long and dreadful suffering from ulcerated feet. Questionable
cannibalism. Hears of four river sources close together. Resumé of
discoveries. Contemporary explorers. The soko. Description of its
habits. Dr. Livingstone feels himself failing. Intrigues of deserters
CHAPTER III.
Footsteps of Moses. Geology of Manyuema land. "A drop of comfort."
Continued sufferings. A stationary explorer. Consequences of trusting
to theory. Nomenclature of Rivers and Lakes. Plunder and murder is
Ujijian trading. Comes out of hut for first time after eighty days' illness.
Arab cure for ulcerated sores. Rumour of letters. The loss of medicines
a great trial now. The broken-hearted chief. Return of Arab ivory
traders. Future plans. Thankfulness for Mr. Edward Young's Search
Expedition. The Hornbilled Phoenix. Tedious delays. The bargain for
the boy. Sends letters to Zanzibar. Exasperation of Manyuema against
Arabs. The "Sassassa bird." The disease "Safura."
CHAPTER IV.

Degraded state of the Manyuema. Want of writing materials. Lion's fat
a specific against tsetse. The Neggeri. Jottings about Meréré. Various
sizes of tusks. An epidemic. The strangest disease of all! The New Year.
Detention at Bambarré. Goître. News of the cholera. Arrival of coast
caravan. The parrot's-feather challenge. Murder of James. Men arrive
as servants. They refuse to go north. Part at last with malcontents.
Receives letters from Dr. Kirk and the Sultan. Doubts as to the Congo
or Nile. Katomba presents a young soko. Forest scenery.
Discrimination of the Manyuema. They "want to eat a white one."
Horrible bloodshed by Ujiji traders. Heartsore and sick of blood.
Approach Nyañgwé. Reaches the Lualaba
CHAPTER V.
The Chitoka or market gathering. The broken watch. Improvises ink.
Builds a new house at Nyañgwé on the bank of the Lualaba. Marketing.
Cannibalism. Lake Kamalondo. Dreadful effect of slaving. News of
country across the Lualaba. Tiresome frustration. The Bakuss. Feeble
health. Busy scene at market. Unable to procure canoes. Disaster to
Arab canoes. Rapids in Lualaba. Project for visiting Lake Lincoln and
the Lomamé. Offers large reward for canoes and men. The slave's
mistress. Alarm, of natives at market. Fiendish slaughter of women by
Arabs. Heartrending scene. Death on land and in the river. Tagamoio's
assassinations. Continued slaughter across the river. Livingstone
becomes desponding
CHAPTER VI.
Leaves for Ujiji. Dangerous journey through forest. The Manyuema
understand Livingstone's kindness. Zanzibar slaves. Kasongo's.
Stalactite caves. Consequences of eating