The Sun.
London, England, 1867-09-23 00:00:00

TOE LIVINCS2ONE EXPEDITION

The Times of India of August 28 publishes the
statement made by one of the Sepoys who have
returned to Bombay from Zanzibar, having been
sent back by Dr. Livingstone from the interior, in
consequence of their being unable to proceed with
him to the other side of Lake Nyassa :
" We left Bombay early iu January, 1866, stayed
a short time at Zanzibar, and then wept up to the

coast in her Majesty's steamer Penguin, and disem-

barked at a place called Pemba. We remained
there a few days making preparations for the march,

and when these were finished we set off about the
beginning of April, making long marches every
day, and halting each Sunday. For some time
all went well, and when we had reached far into
the interior the climate of the country, and want of
proper food began to tell upon us, and most of us
rapidly fell ill, and two sepoys and one Nassick boy
were left behind at different stages, being unable to
keep up with us. Most of the animals having
died, the Doctor Sahib was obliged to hire men to
carry the baggage, and at several places had some
difficulty in getting them, so he used to go on ahead
and leave us, and after some days we used to follow
on. At one village we were ordered to leave our
canvas bags with our regimental necessaries, and
to take with us only our arms and accoutrements
and such kits as we were able to carry
ourselves. Before reaching Mataka we passed
through an immense jungle, where we ex-
perienced much difficulty in getting food or
water, and where Dr. Livingstone left us, going on

himself to Mataka. Fortunately we met a caravan
of slaves with some Arabs in charge who gave us
food to eat and directed us on our way to Mataka,
which we managed to reach one after another in a
deplorable condition. Here I was so ill with fever
and dysentery as to be unable to rise from the
ground, and most of the sepoys were nearly as
bad. We remained at Mataka a long time
and partially recovered. One day the Doctor
Sahib called us up before him, and told us that
ho was going on to Nyassa, but that he was going
to send us all back to Zanzibar, as we
were too ill to go on with him. lie then
made us over to the charge of the head man at
Mataka, to whom he gave some cloth for our
support until the arrival of an Arab named Suli-
mon, with whom we were to go back to Zanzibar.
Dr. Livingstone also gave the Mataka chief a letter
addressed to the Sultan of Zanzibar which was to be
given to Sulimon for safe transport. After this
Dr. Livingstone set off for Nyassa, taking with him
Havildar Shaik Amed, who asked to be allowed
to go on, and we remained at Mataka till Suli-
mon Arab arrived with a large number of slaves,
and left with him for the coast. For two or three
months I managed to keep up with the caravan, but
we afterwards fell short of supplies, and I became
very ill. Seeing the difficulty I had to keep up,
Sulimon one day gave my musket to one of his men
to carry. However I found it impossible to get
on, and with severe fever on me, and footsore, and
with arms, legs, and body all swollen, I lay down
under a tree and gave myself up for lost. How
long exactly I lay there, without food or drink, and
almost unconscious, I don't know, but 1 thick it
was the eighth day when some Seedees, passing by,
caught sight of me. They came up to me and one
of them put his knife to my throat to cut it. I tried
to speak, but my throat and mouth were perfectly
parched and I could make no sound, but made them
understand by signs to take all they, could find on
my body, but to spare my life. They then cut my
belt in two and ripped up the clothing I had on,
not knowing how to unfasten them, and then they
went away. After this I lost my senses, and when
I came to myself I found myself in a hut with two
Seedees, who were giving me water to drink. Hav-
ing picked up sufficient of the language of the
country to make myself understood, when able to •
speak, I asked how I had come there? They told
me they had found me lying naked under a tree,
and seeing that I was of a different colour to the
ordinary inhabitants, they had taken me up and
brought me to their village. I remained with them
about a month or more, and had recovered so far as
to be able to walk pretty well, when one day a caravan
of slaves arrived and halted in the place. The
Seedee told me to get up and follow him. We went
to the slave encampment, and on the way I asked
why he had brought me there. He replied, "I
am going to sell you to the Arab." The bargain
was soon concluded, and I was sold for two
thans of cloth. I asked the Arab where he was
going to take me to ? He said to Kilwa. I asked
to whom does Kilwa belong ? He replied, "To the
Sultan of Zanzibar." I asked him if there was any
chief or head man there, and he told me there was a
Sirdar of the Sultan's there. I was very glad to
hear this, as I saw an opportunity of getting back
to Zanzibar; but I was careful not to let out that I
was a sepoy, as I felt sure if they had known it they
would have killed me. When we prepared to set off
the next day, the Arab was going to fasten me up
the same as the other slaves, but I pointed out that
I was ill, and it was quite out of my power to run
away, and that I was quite willing to go with him.
So he allowed me to go unfastened, and after a
march of a month or more we came into the Zani-
bar territory, and one day when going along the
coast I heard a great shouting and noise in the
jungle, and said to the Arab, "Some one must be
here." I then thought of some means of getting
into his presence, and as we had been hard up for
food for some days I said to the Arab, " Take me
before this Sirdar, and I will beg some food and
clothes." The Arab said, " Will he give you food
and clothes?" I replied, " Yes, when he sees MC
naked and in this state he will surely give me some."
So he took me with him and four other slaves, and
when we came to the place we found the Sirdar
superintending the launch of a vessel they had built
there. When we got close to the Sirdar I salaamed
to him, and he asked who I was. I said I was a ser-
vant of the English. He said, " Where do you come
from ?" I replied, "I am one of the sepoys who
accompanied Dr. Livingstone." I then told him
my story, and that the Arab was taking me to
Kilwa to sell me as a slave. He said, "No one has
the power to sell you here ; if you were sold the
English would quarrel with us, and take Kilwa and
Zanzibar from us." Then turning to the Arab
he said, " Are you going to sell him at Kilwa?"
The Arab replied, " Yes, I shall get 200 rupees
for him." The Sirdar told him that I was an Eug•
lish sepoy, and asked if he did not know it? lie
replied " No." The Sirdar then laid hold of him,
and gave him two blows in the face, and sent him
away. The Sirdar took me with him to Kilwa,
which was distant five days' journey, and kept me
there for about a month, and then sent me to Zan-
zibar. On arrival 1 went to the Consul's house,
but found that both Dr. Seward and Dr. Kirk were
away ; however, they returned a few days after-
wards, and took care of me, until an opportunity
offered to send me to Bombay. Whilst staying
there some news of Dr. Livingstone came from the
Sultan, and the Consul Sahib ordered the Moonshee
to explain it to me. The Moonshee told me that
the Sultan of Zanzibar had written to say that news
had been heard of Dr. Livingstone, that he was not
murdered, but that he and his party were well, and
at some place beyond Nyassa. Ido not remember
the date of my depazture from Zanzibar, but I ar-
rived in Bombay, after a long voyage, on the 24th
of May, 1867.

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