strong.  I am not of a demonstrative turn; as cold, indeed, as we islanders are usually reputed to be, but this disinterested kindness of Mr. Bennett, so nobly carried into effect by Mr. Stanley, was simply overwhelming.  I really do feel extremely grateful, and at the same time I am a little ashamed at not being more worthy of the generosity.  Mr. Stanley has done his part with untiring energy; good judgment in the teeth of very serious obstacles.  His helpmates turned out depraved blackguards, who, by their excesses at Zanzibar and elsewhere, had ruined their constitutions, and prepared their systems to be fit provender for the grave.  They had used up their strength by wickedness, and were of next to no service, but rather downdrafts and unbearable drags to progress.

16th November, 1871.—­As Tanganyika explorations are said by Mr. Stanley to be an object of interest to Sir Roderick, we go at his expense and by his men to the north of the Lake.

[Dr. Livingstone on a previous occasion wrote from the interior of Africa to the effect that Lake Tanganyika poured its waters into the Albert Nyanza Lake of Baker.  At the time perhaps he hardly realized the interest that such an announcement was likely to occasion.  He was now shown the importance of ascertaining by actual observation whether the junction really existed, and for this purpose he started with Mr. Stanley to explore the region of the supposed connecting link in the North, so as to verify the statements of the Arabs.]

16th November, 1871.—­Four hours to Chigoma.

20th and 21st November, 1871.—­Passed a very crowded population, the men calling to us to land to be fleeced and insulted by way of Mahonga or Mutuari:  they threw stones in rage, and one, apparently slung, lighted close to the canoe.  We came on until after dark, and landed under a cliff to rest and cook, but a crowd came and made inquiries, then a few more came as if to investigate more perfectly:  they told us to sleep, and to-morrow friendship should be made.  We put our luggage on board and set a watch on the cliff.  A number of men came along, cowering behind rocks, which then aroused suspicion, and we slipped off quietly; they called after us, as men baulked of their prey.  We went on five hours and slept, and then this morning came on to Magala, where the people are civil, but Mukamba had war with some one.  The Lake narrows to about ten miles, as the western mountains come towards the eastern range, that being about N.N.W. magnetic.  Many stumps of trees killed by water show an encroachment by the Lake on the east side.  A transverse range seems to shut in the north end, but there is open country to the east and west of its ends.

24th November, 1871.—­To Point Kizuka in Mukamba’s country.  A Molongwana came to us from Mukamba and asserted most positively that all the water of Tanganyika flowed into the River Lusize, and then on to Ukerewe of Mteza; nothing could be more clear than his statements.