In regard to the Search party to which reference has been made, it may be stated that when Livingstone’s purpose to go back to the barbarous regions where he had suffered so much before became known in England it excited a feeling of profound concern.  Two Expeditions were arranged.  That to the East Coast, organized by the Royal Geographical Society, was placed under Lieutenant Cameron, and included in its ranks Robert Moffat, a grandson of Dr. Moffat’s, who (as has been already stated) fell early a sacrifice to fever.  The members of the Expedition suffered much from sickness; it was broken up at Unyanyembe, when the party bearing the remains of Dr. Livingstone was met.  The other party, under command of Lieutenant Grandy, was to go to the West Coast, start from Loanda, strike the Congo, and move on to Lake Lincoln.  This Expedition was fitted out solely at the cost of Mr. Young.  He was deeply concerned for the safety of his friend, knowing how he was hated by the slave-traders whose iniquities he had exposed, and thinking it likely that if he once reached Lake Lincoln he would make for the west coast along the Congo.  The purpose of these Expeditions is carefully explained in a letter addressed to Dr. Livingstone by Sir Henry Rawlinson, then President of the Royal Geographical Society: 

     “LONDON, November 20, 1872.

“DEAR DR. LIVINGSTONE,—­You will no doubt have heard of Sir Bartle Frere’s deputation to Zanzibar long before you receive this, and you will have learnt with heartfelt satisfaction that there is now a definite prospect of the infamous East African slave-trade being suppressed.  For this great end, if it be achieved, we shall be mainly indebted to your recent letters, which have had a powerful effect on the public mind in England, and have thus stimulated the action of the Government.  Sir Bartle will keep you informed of his arrangements, if there are any means of communicating with the interior, and I am sure you will assist him to the utmost of your power in carrying out the good work in which he is engaged.

“It was a great disappointment to us that Lieutenant Dawson’s Expedition, which we fitted out in the beginning of the year with such completeness, did not join you at Unyanyembe, for it could not have failed to be of service to you in many ways.  We are now trying to aid you with a second Expedition under Lieutenant Cameron, whom we have sent out under Sir Bartle’s orders, to join you if possible in the vicinity of Lake Tanganyika, and attend to your wishes in respect to his further movements.  We leave it entirely to your discretion whether you like to keep Mr. Cameron with you or to send him on to the Victoria Nyanza, or any other points that you are unable to visit yourself.  Of course the great point of interest connected with your present exploration is the determination of the lower course of the Lualaba.  Mr. Stanley still adheres to the view, which you formerly held, that