Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1874-04-26
DIR. LIylNGSTeN'S DIARY.

1t vii! bs remembered that at the time
OF SANKEY'S return from his successful
search in guest OF Dr. Livingstone, the
African explorer, considerable doubt was
expressed in regard to the t-uthfuiness
of his statements: and many intimatcd
tina. he had never met The great explorer
More than one journal pronounced Stan
lev's account of his finding Livingstone
as false, and this suspicion was greatly
heightened by the mysterious actions OF
STANLEY in regard to the circumstances OF
his visit. immediately after arriving On
Eneland's shore he deposited in Glas-
gov bank the purported Journal Of Liv-
incstone, sealed by himself III Africa,
containing full account of his various
expeditions from December, 1866, until
March. 1872 But with the death Of the
great explorer the mystery attached to
SANKEY'S action is dispelled, and IN
lengthy letter to the LONDON Daily Wears,
that gentlemen says:
1T will all come ont right at last,
he was accustomed to say to me continue
allv when any reference was made to bis
returning home. By this faith that he
hreathed into me the strong hope that
he would live to return. until also be-
came firm in the belief that he was des-
tined to receive the iaurels the Christian
world vas dosious to shower upon him
IN person.
1t is now asked what he has done
since he left England III 1856, and
whether all he has done Will ever be
made known, and how much of the
knowledge thought to be gained by his
labor is lost? To the first question
would answer that a short resume of bis
discoveries, such as he gave me and
such as 1 obtained from the study of his
map. has been already published. To
the second question, l would answer
that a copious record of his discoveries,
extending over a record of SIX years,
which l brought to England on the ID of
August. 1872, is safe in the hands OF
Miss Agnes Livingstone, his eldest
daughter. This record begins from the
day he left Zanzibar, in December, 1866,
to the 18th Of March, 1872. 1t embraces
his discoveries from the mouth of the
Rovuma river on the east coast of Africa
to the Nyassa Lake, those made from
the Nyassa Lake in the new lands west
of Nyasssa, in the districts of the Ma
Zitu, the Bobisa. Bohemia, the Wa Ma
rungu Cazembe Rua, Manyuema-Wasuh-
hah, up to UTji, where he arrived the
23d of October, 1871. 1t also contains
his discoveries made while he iourneyed
with me, from about the about the mid
die of November. 1871, to the 10th of
February, 1872, when we arrived at I'm
yanyembe.
To ordinary readers all this may ap-
pear very vague, but if / tell them that
Livingstone has tramped q distance OF
$500 miles afoot in that period they may
have a conception of the value of the
journal which now lies in the strong
room of Glasgow bank, and which was
sealed by me the evening of the 18th OF
March, 1872. They will be prepared to
appreciate the treasure which must now,
according to Livingstone's instructions,
see the light; they will be able to judge
tor themselves what Livingstone has
done; of the length of the journey the
brave heart accomplished.
Livingstone was a laborlous note
taker. A little notebook was always at
hand to jot down on the march what OBJ
servations he made-which were faith
fully copied or improved upon In the big
journal after his arrival in camp. And
as Livingstone set great store upon thess
they must be of value, and contain much
additional information.