[And now the long-looked for letters came in by various hands, but with little regularity.  It is not here necessary to refer to the withdrawal of the Livingstone Relief Expedition which took place as soon as Mr. Stanley confronted Lieutenant Dawson on his way inland.  Suffice it to say that the various members of this Expedition, of which his second son, Mr. Oswell Livingstone, was one, had already quitted Africa for England when these communications reached Unyanyembe.]

27th June, 1872.—­Received a letter from Oswell yesterday, dated Bagamoio, 14th May, which awakened thankfulness, anxiety, and deep sorrow.

28th June, 1872.—­Went over to Kwikuru yesterday to speak about pagazi.  Nkasiwa was off at M’futu to help in the great assault on Mirambo, which is hoped to be the last.  But Mohamad bin Seyed promised to arrange with the chief on his return.  I was told that Nkasiwa has the head of Morukwe in a kirindo or band-box, made of the inner bark of a tree, and when Morukwe’s people have recovered they will come and redeem it with ivory and slaves, and bury it in his grave, as they did the head of Ishbosheth in Abner’s grave in Hebron.

Dugumbe’s man, who went off to Ujiji to bring ivory, returned to-day, having been attacked by robbers of Mirambo.  The pagazi threw down all their loads and ran; none were killed, but they lost all.

29th June, 1872.—­Received a packet from Sheikh bin Nasib containing a letter for him and one ‘Pall Mall Gazette,’ one Overland Mail and four Punches.  Provision has been made for my daughter by Her Majesty’s Government of 300_l._, but I don’t understand the matter clearly.

2nd July, 1872.—­Make up a packet for Dr. Kirk and Mr. Webb, of Zanzibar:  explain to Kirk, and beg him to investigate and punish, and put blame on right persons.  Write Sir Bartle Frere and Agnes:  send large packet of astronomical observations and sketch map to Sir Thomas Maclear by a native, Suleiman.

3rd July, 1872.—­Received a note from Oswell, written in April last, containing the sad intelligence of Sir Roderick’s departure from among us.  Alas! alas! this is the only time in my life I ever felt inclined to use the word, and it bespeaks a sore heart:  the best friend I ever had—­true, warm, and abiding—­he loved me more than I deserved:  he looks down on me still.  I must feel resigned to the loss by the Divine Will, but still I regret and mourn.

Wearisome waiting, this; and yet the men cannot be here before the middle or end of this month.  I have been sorely let and hindered in this journey, but it may have been all for the best.  I will trust in Him to whom I commit my way.

5th July, 1872.—­Weary! weary!

7th July, 1872.—­Waiting wearily here, and hoping that the good and loving Father of all may favour me, and help me to finish my work quickly and well.

Temperature at 6 A.M. 61 deg.; feels cold.  Winds blow regularly from the east; if it changes to N.W. brings a thick mantle of cold grey clouds.  A typhoon did great damage at Zanzibar, wrecking ships and destroying cocoa-nuts, carafu, and all fruits:  happened five days after Seyed Burghash’s return from Mecca.