The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-05-25 00:00:00

DR. LIVINGSTONE.

As every communication in connection with the cele-
hrmA traveller, Dr. Livimistone, possesses more than
interest at the present moment, we have pleasure
in giving the following letters which have been sent to
The Times for publication :

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I enclose some extracts from a letter I have received this
morning from Sir. ()swell Livingstone, who is one of the
Expedition which recently Isft this country. Ills letter is
dated the I?th of April, and a postcript brings It up to thu
20th of that month.
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You will probably receive other items which have come by
this mail therefore the value of the to few hues will lea no
further than to represent the belief exiging in the mind of
Dr. Livingatone's sou respecting his father.
The news from Zanzibar amounts to this—viz., that a
strong rumour existed there in April last that the great
traveller was safe at igi a few months before. Thus the
hopes of tho.e best able to form a calm Judgment respect-
ing him receive a fresh impulse—one that is adAtionally
strengthened by the still more important fact that no
rumours of a contrary nature prevail either in the interior
or on the coast, it is a matter of sincere congratulation to
lind that the expedition has not only secured the valuable
services of Mr. New. but that a number of the Nassick boys
are already enrolled and preparing to seek for their com-
rades who have been so long absent with Dr. Livingstone.—
I stn. &e., HORACE WALLER.
bytonstone, May 20.
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My dear Mr. Waller,—l will flrst of all give you what news
there is of my father. A caravan has just arrived from
l'uyanyembe, and we have seen sorne of leading men, who
say that Stanley has reached Cjiji, where he has met my
father, who has received the supplies sent up to him. There
are no letters from them, and I believe the story is, for the
most part, a lie, though I am inclined to think that some
supplies have reached Ujiji. and there Is little doubt but
that Stanley has left Unyamwe2i. All reports speak of my
father being wounded by a buffalo, which makes him limp
badly. . . . . . We have six Nassick boys in hand,
and we are endeavouring to teach them to be useful. They
will make excellent fellows, although they are rather slow.
Unf,tutritely, we have at enough work to give them. We
picked up Mr. New here, and he has determined to accom-
pany us ; he is an excellent fellow and we are glad he is
going.
"Dr. and Mrs. Kirk have been extremely good to us.
putting themselves to no end of trouble on our account. If
It were not for them we should be nowhere. Since we came
both Dr. and Mrs Kirk have been down with fever. I found
two of our Nassick boys dying yesterday: but after a dose of
' rouser. ' (Dr. Livingstone's prescription, and quinine, they
have recovered most wonderfully. . . .
" Steer writing the last wo have heard that my father has
got RN the stores sent to U jiji for him, and that he has met
stanley there: so you see there is every probability of his
reaching home before we get totjijL
" April 20.

" P.S.—Owing to a tremendous cyclone which occurred
here last Sunday (April 13), the A bydos, which takes this
letter, has been delayed for a week, so I can give you a few
lines about the great catastrophe, there being no other news.
"It began to blow on Monday morning, and when we got
up we could see that some damage was done, many dhows
being ashore. This went on till about I p.m., when there
was a lull, the centre of the storm being upon us. About
2 p.m. a most tremendous gust tore open our windows,
smashed our doors, and upset our tables and chairs, throw-
ing them all in a heap. The noise was something awful,
the wind and the water from the sea rushing through
the windows made a sound resembling steam escap-
ing from a boiler. The rooms were full of water, and
all our things floating about In it. All the houses iu the
town were unroofed, and many otherwise severely damaged.
In the harbour the A bydox alone kept afloat, steaming full
speed against the wind up to her anchors and with extra
weights on the safety valves. The Sultan has lust all his
fleet except one small yacht, which was away at Mombas
with Mr. New on Expedition business. Five merchantmen
were wrecked, one with all hands lost, and over 100 dhows,
many with valuable cargoes, are sunk. In the country only
one in thirty of the cocoanut trees in standing, and the clove
trees are mostly destroyed, thus ruining Zanzibar for some
years."

As any confirmation of the news of the great Explorer's
safety must be of general interest, 1 take the earliest oppor-
tunity of informing you that I have this morning roc- feed a
letter, dated April 10, from Dr. James Christie, physician to
the 11. 11. Sultan of Zanzibar, which is as follows
"One cannot write from Zanzibar without mentioning Dr.
Livingstone. I believe that he Is alive and well, and that
Mr. Stanley has relieved him in CPR 1 would not be sur-
prised to meet Mr S., and probably Dr. L., here any day, so
that it ii doubtful if the Search Expedition ever starts."
I see from Nature for May 16 that the Council of t 1,3
Royal Geographical Society think It more likely that the
Doctor has relieved Mr. stanley, as the latter "was without
supplies, and he must have undergone much difficulty in get-
ting to UAL whereas this place was tho headquarters of
Dr. Livingstone's supplies."
Dr. Christie's letter, on the other hand, seems to confirm
the news already received by telegram.-1 remain, dm,
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W. ff. CORFULD, M.A., M.B. (Oxon.),
_Hon, Sec. of the Epidemiological Society of London.