The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-08-17
Letter No. 2-Doctor Livingstone to Lord
Clarendon.

Letter No. 2-Doctor Livingstone to Lord
Clarendon.
UJIU Nov. !, 1871.
MY LORD became aware Of Mr.. Young's search
expedition only In February last, and that by pri
vate letter from Sir Roderick Murchis0n. Though
late In expressing my thankfulness, am not the
less sincere in now saying that feel extremely
obliged to Her Majestys government, to the Admi-
rally, to Captain Richards to Sir Roderick Murchi-
son, to Mr.. Young and ell concerned in promoting
the kind and rigorous inquiry after my fate. Had
the low tone OF morality among the East African
MOhammedans been known Musa's tale would have
received but little attention. Musa Is perhaps
little better than the average lowclass Moslem but
all are notorious for faisehood and heartessness.
When on the Shire we were In the habit Of swing
ing the vessel out into midstream every evening,
in order that the air set In motion by the current
Of the river might pass through her entire length
the whole night long. One morning Musa's
brother-in law stepped into the water in
order to swim OF for boat to bring
his companions on board, and was seized
by crocodile; the poor fellow held up his
as Re- on %
no one tell him 60 in there" AT another time,
whn w A. slave was
hidden and rescued her, though they knew nothing
about her. Long experience leads me to look on
race Of mixed blood possesses the vices Of both
parents ana the virtues OF neither / have had
ons sse TS yan eT ssHsD an
pundered Of all his goods by this class in an at
tempt to go to Nyassa. As IL was evidently done
ordered him to refund the whole. 1t was the same
class that by means OF q few somaulI ultimately
expedition to Cjii and Uyira he was obliged to dis
miss all his followers of this class at Viii for dis
honesty Most Of sPekes followers deserted on the
ions lied on hearing false report from halfcaste
Mosem Ike themselves that he had been plum
accompanied me thither and beyond IL, they knew
TO be $50 miles, or say twenty days distant and l
till far past the beat Of the Maztu. But In former
journeys We came through Portuguese, who would
iower END OF Hyassa we were ON the Rwa s. slave
route, where ell their countrymen would fawn on
and natter them for battling the Nazarencs, as they
AS soon as turned my face west they all ran
away, and they had no other complaint but sthe
arisen from having low.class Moslems or those who
had been SO before they were captured Even OF
places ali his income and pecuniary af,ars In the
hands OF Danans from India When the gentlemen
OF Zanzibar are asked why their Sultan entrusts his
owing to their own prevailing faithessness. Some,
indeed. assert with laugh that II their sovereign
receive nothing but q crop OF Hes In their case
religion and morality are completely dlsjoned. 1t
intercourse with the tribes on the mainland, not
one attempt has ever been made to propagate the
Mohammedan faith am very far from being nn.
willing to acknowledge and even admire the zeal OF
ether regtonists than the Christian; but repeated
Inquiries among all classes have only left the con-
cIusi0n that they have propagated syphilis and
the domestic bug alone. Any one familiar with the
secondary symptoms will see ct glance on the
mainland the skin diseases and bleared eyes which
say that unlimited p0ygamy has been no barrier
TO the spread or this foul disease. Compared with
them the English lower classes are gentlemen.
am unfelgnedy thankful for the kindness that |
prompted and carried one the Search Expedition, |
and am, &C., DAVID LIVINGSTONE,
Her Majestys Consul, Inner Africa.
p g., Nov. lS.-I have just Ieaxned that Nusa and !