wrote; from Ujiji in> 1869, repeating1 what he had
already written in 1867, at the town o f Cazembe,
in a despatch to Lord Clarendon.
Briefly; this last journey began, let us say, at
Zanzibar, the date o f his arrival being the 28th
January 1866. On the 19th March he sailed in
H. M. S. Penguin, fo r the mouth o f the Rovuma
river, after invoking the blessing' o f the Most
High upon his meditated: intercourse with the
„heathen. Effecting' a landing at Mikindirri- Bay,
he directed his course in a south-westerly direction,
arriving within view o f L ak e Nyassa on
the 13th September t 866.
On the 16th January 1867, he reached the
most southerly streams emptying into the Chambezi,,
after crossing the mountains which separate
the streams flowing east to the Loangwa. He
describes the northern slope which gives birth
to the affluents o f the new river thus:— “ It is
needless to repeat that it is all forest on the
northern slopes o f the mountains— open glade
and miles o f forest; ground at present all sloppy,
oozes full and overflowing, feet constantly wet.
Rivulets rush with clear water; though th ey are
in flood w e can guess which are perennial and
which are torrents that d ry up; th ey flow northwards
and westwards to the Chambezi.”
Eight days later, in S. Tat. xo°‘ 34V he reached
the main river— the Chambezi— a stream “ flooded
with clear water-banks not more than 40 yards
apart, showing abundant animal life, in its waters
and on its banks as it flowed westwards.” Just
at the point Livingstone first saw the Chambezi,
numerous streams are gathered from a ll points—
northerly, easterly, and southerly, from the
westerly slope o f the uplands o f Mambwe into
the main river., which, presently becomes, a
formidable river, and which subsequent e xp lo rations
proved to enter L a k e Bemba on its
eastern side.
On the 8th November 1867, the traveller makes
a v e ry comprehensive statement. It, is the evening
o f his arrival at. L a k e Mweru or Mo era.
; “ Lake Moero seems o f g o od ly size, and is
flanked b y ranges of, mountains on the east and
west. Its. banks are o f coarse sand, and slope
gradually down, to the water; outside o f these
banks stands a thick belt o f tropical vegetation,
in which fishermen b u ild their huts. T he country
called R u a lies on the west, and is seen as a
lofty range o f dark mountains; another range
o f less height, but more broken, stands along
the eastern shore.”
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“ The northern shore has. a fine sweep, like
an unbent bow, and round the western end flows
the water that makes the river Lualaba, which,
before it enters Mweru, is the Luapula, and that
again (if the most intelligent report speak true)