The New York herald., 1872-11-04
DOCTOR LIVINGSTONE.
Granville and Sir Bartle Frere-His
Story Of His Discoveries.

The following letter from DR.. Livingstone TO
Lord Granville was received on October 10 ut the
British Foreign once, daaed Unyanyembe, July I,
| lSa2:-
| MY LoRD-It is necessary to recall to memory
that was subjected to very great Inconvenience
by the employment OF slaves instead Of freemen.
csG % o ss o. 'wS useless
imminent risk OF violent death four several times,
aha now mnSn money cannot tell Certain a G Ba
Ludha Damli, seem to have pamed on their slaves
on us at more than double freemen's pay, and all
the slaves were imbued with the idea that they
were not to follow, but to force me back. by the
money and goods OF these Banians nearly all the
They employed dishonest agents to con.
duct the the. caravans, caravans, and and this has, has led ed
/ trader is thus robbed. i sent complaint OF this
70 Dr. Kirk and In my letter Of the l4tn OF NOven-
oe last s eppy % 10 the hope tha M neSes
| eign Onice in administering justice, and was In
hopes that he would take action in the matter
promptly, because the Banians and their dishonest
| agent Shereef placed private trade speculation
between DIR. Kirk and me, and we were unwittingly
| to Captain Fraser doing the same his sugar
estate. Iregret very much to hear incidentally
| Banians as covert attack upon himself II / had
foreseen this should certainly have borne all my
losses in silence. never had any difference with
him, though we were together for years and I had
no intention 70 give offence now. But the public
to the obstacles the. prevented its work being ac
compshed long ago. I represented the Banians
and their agents as the cause OF all my losses, and
that the Governor here Ii their chief trade agent
This receives confirmation by the fact that Sherecf
and all the first gang OF slaves are now living
twelve miles distant from the spotat which write.
| Having, as ! mentioned in my above letter,
make feasible finish so1 up Of my WORK and the s5
| and second gangs OF slaves having proved very
nnsatisiactory ad felt extremely anxious that no
| hire nifty recmen At Zanzibar and should he meet
2 party Of slaves coming by all means
expense had % been Incurred woaa e chee,uy wnas
pay IL all had no Idea that this would lead 10
utmost Kindness to my aid am really and truly,
profoundly grateful Tor the generous effort OF my
caution mS
have damped the selLdenying zeal OF gentlemen
who have not particle Of the slave spirit IN them.
As shall now explain, but little good could have
BEEN done in the direction in which propose to
60, but mad we 2 telegraph or eveh penny post
| would have pleased the Council
war has been going on here for the last twelve
In miniature, but 1t enriches one All trade is
stopped, and there Is general lawiessness
e s ne CSdns 70 Sd a
round the south end OF Tanganyika, and,
crossing the cnambeze, proceed west along
straight west to the ancient fountains reported at
copper mines Of Katasa which are only about ten ten
/ DAYS southwest. OF the underground excayations
% e nsaa S s0
| rived there shall devoutly thank Providence and
retire along Lake Kamolondo towards Ujiii and
home. by this trip hope to make up for the loss
| Of ground caused ny the slaves. was forced back
from near the confluence OF the Lomame with
Lake Lincoln into the lacustrine central line OF
| dratnage-Webb's Lualaba. The route Indicated
ss y Sons
and this, going back through Manyuema
take s tsSes me O. tic eua "a
the Ulijian or mainland shaving and blo0dshed,
| which the Manyuema are learning to revenge. If
| retired now, as wish with all my heart could do
with honor, should be conscious OF having left the
discovery OF the sources unfinished and that soon
some one else would come and show the hollow
ness OF my claim, and, worse than that BY far, the
Banians and their agents, who, believe conspired
| design. already know many OF the people .among
| whom go as quite friendly, because travelled ex
tensivey IN that gu quarter IN eliminating the error
by the Portuguese and Others, the Zambesi,
should very much like to visit the Basango, who are
near my route but restrict myself to six eight
month to undo the losses sustained. About live
generations ago white man came to the highlands
shed. He had six attendants, who all died and
eventually their head man, called CharurA, was
he nSd sxv n sne a
descendants This implies an equal number OF the
other sex They are r. very light in color and easily
such as Charura brought, except the royal family.
book he brought was lost only lately. The in
terest OF the case lies in Its connection with Mr.
| Darwin's celebrated theory ON the ..Origin Of
Species /" FOR 1t shows that an improved variety,
liable to be swamped by numbers as some have
| thought.
TWO Mazitu chiefs live near the route would
fatn call and obtain immunity for Englishmen, such
as has been awarded to the Arabs Of Seycd Maid,
| but am at present much too rich to go among
because to use Scotch proverb, mo one can take
4 the breeks OF o Highlander, With ordinary sue
| II any one doubts the wisdom Of nv decision or
suspects me OF want OF love to my family in max
probation to the counc Of the Royal tf Geographcai
Society as thoroughly understanding the subject
Had 1t been possible for me TO know of the CON-
| ing OF the late Search Expedition, / should GER
tainly have made use of it as branch expedition
to explore Lake Victoria, for which the naval
The skeleton Of boat left here by Mr. Stanley
would have served their purpose and they would
have had all the merit OF Independent exploration
and success. travelled for considerable time in
company with three intelligent Sanheli who had
lived three & SIX Sc ana M nine years respectively in the
Okara, but on this side Mkara. They described
three or four lakes, only one Of which sends its
on an arm arm easiwards % called % Kdette,s s'fn in
caught. 1t is three days in length by canoe, and
joins Lake Kavirondo, which may not deserve to be
called E lake. e. put ~ only an arm Of okara ara Very dark
further east. To the southeast OF Kavirondo
stands Lake Neibash or Neybash; they travelled
along its southern bank for three DAYS, and thence
saw Mount Kilimanjaro. also in the southeast; 1t
had no outlet. Away far to the north OF Kavi-
rondo they described Lake Barhgo mot Bahr Ngo).
river or rivulet called Ngare ma Rogwa flows into
u from the south or southeast Its name signifies
that 1t Is bracksh. Baring0 gives forth river to
the northeast, called Ngardabash. The land east
and north OF Barng0 is called Buruktnegge, and
Gallahs with camels and horses are reported but
my informants did not them. 1 give their
information only for what 1t may be worth
their object was plunder, and they could scarcely
| suppose there is only 0ne The Okara or Lake
Victoria proper is the largest and has many very
large islands In 1t. have not the faintest wish TO
go near It, either now or at any future time. In
| performing my one work desire to 90 Ii well and
! think that may lay claim TO some perseverance.
| Yet II ordered to go anywhere else should GER
tainly plead "severe lndisp0sitlon- or urgent
| private afairs.n | have been reported as living
among the Arabs as one OF themselves; that only
means that am on good terms with them all.