Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1868-05-19
MIscELLANEOUs.
Lettera From Dr. Livingatone.

hoGbeFS Ifou Ofs shlVluSStuues.
FFiy]ts aud Desertion Of tie ,Jo1anna men.
The Glasgow He7ald of April q, publishes
the following extracts from letters received by
Mr.. Young, of Kelly, from DR., Livingstone
CoUNrRY OF TILE CuIPETA, Nov. 10, 1866
Ay Deur--- lit has been quite inn
possible to send letter coastwise ever since
we left the Rovuma The Arab slave traders
take to their heels as soon as they hear the
English arc on the road. | am a perfect
bugbear them. Eightparties thus Skcc2Ga-
3{ccl and, last of all, my Johanna men,
frightened out of their wits by stories told
them by member of 4 ninth party who had
been plundered of his slaves, walked off and
left me to face the terrible Maziu with nine
Nassick boys. The fear which the English
name has struck into the souls Of the slave
traders has thus been an Inconvenience.
could not go round the north end of the lake
for fear that my johanna men, at sight of
danger, would do what they actually did at
the southern end, and the owners Of two
dhown now on the lake kept them out of
sight least / should burn them as slaves, and
| could not cross in the middle Rounding
the southern end, we got up Kinks Range,
and among Manganja, not yet made slave
who have not been contaminated by that
blight, they were very kind and having been
worried enough by unwilling seaboys aud
cowardly Johanna men, | followed my bent
by easy marches among friendly, generous
people, 10 whom | tried to impart some new
ideas in return for their hospitality. The
country is elevated aud the climate COOL
One of the wonders told OF US in successive
villages was that VIC slept without fires The
boys having blankets, did not need fires;
while the inhabitants, being scantiy clad,
have their huts piastered inside and out even
to the roofs, to mike themselves comfortable.
Our progress since has been slow, from other
and less agreeable causes Some parts have.
been denuded of food by marauding Mpzitu
or Zulus. we have been tiin to avoid these
and gone zigzag Once we nearly walked
into the hands Of a party, and several times
we have been detained by ru,rors of the
enemy in front.
FEBRUARY l.
/ am in Bembn, or Lobemba, aud at the
chief mans place, which has three stockades
around it aud deep dry ditch around the
inner one He seems a fine fellow, and gave
US a COW to slaughter on our arrival yester.
day. We are going to hold Christmas feast
off it Tomorrow, as / promised the boys a
We have had precious hard lines, and l
would not complain if it had not been gnaw-
ing hunger for many day and our bones
sticking through as if they would burst the
skin. W hen we were in part where game
abounded, / filled the pot with. first rate
rifle given me by Captain Fraser, but else
where we had but very short rations of a
species ofmillet called "naere," which passed
the stomach almost unchanged. The sorcst
grief of all was the loss of the medicine box
which your friend at ApOthecaries Hall so
kindly fitted up. All other things L divided
among the bundles, SO that if one or two were
lost we should not be rendered destitute OF
such articles but this gave to a steady boy,
and trusted him. He exchanged for march
with two volunteers, who behaved remarkably
well, till at last hungry marches through
dripping forests, cold hungry nights, aud
fatiguing days oyercame their virtue, aud they
made off with 4Steady's" load and his clothes,
our plates, dishes, much of our powder and
two guns, and it was impossible to trace them
after the first drenching shower, which fell
Immediately after they left. us. The forests
are SO dense and leafy one cannot see fifty
yards on any side. This loss, with all our
medicine, fell on my heart Ike sentence of
death by fever, as was the case with poor
Bishop Mackenzie, but / shall try native
remedies and trust in Him who has led me
hitherto to help me still. We have been
mostly on elevated land, between three thou
sand and four thousand feet above the sea-
Il think We are now on the water shed for
which l was TO seek We are four thousand
five hundred feet above the sea level, and will
begin to-descend when we. 20. This may be
put down as 10 deg. 10 min south Latitude,
and longitude 81 deg. so min. 2 see. We
found Par;yOf black half-caste Arab slayers
here, and one promises to take letters to
Zanzibar, but they give me only half day
to write; butt shall send what can, aud
hope they will be as good as their word. We
have not had single difficulty with the PEG
pie, but we have been Very. slow. Eight
miles day is good march for US, loaded as
the boys are; and We have often been Obliged
TO 90 zigzaS as | mentioned. blessings on
yoH all. Love to MIS-. Hearty salaam
to bartholomew Boxes first rate; locks bad
[The articles referred to were tin boxes, made
in Glasgow, for the reception Of Light goods,
and peculiarly constructed, to be carried by
thenegro porters during LiYiing ngstone s passage
through the interior-1
Aoyersix Hundred houses viii he built
in the aourfsIihg town Of Kuoxyille this
year.