CHAPTER XIII.
GOING HOME WITH THE MAKOLOLO.
A.D.

1860.
Down to Kongone--State of the ship--Further delay--Letter to Secretary of Universities Mission--Letter to Mr.Braithwaite--At Tette--Miss Whately's sugar-mill--With his brother and Kirk at Kebrabasa--Mode of traveling--Reappearance of old friends--African warfare and its effects--Desolation--A European colony desirable--Escape from rhinoceros--Rumors of Moffat--The Portuguese local Governors oppose Livingstone--He becomes unpopular with them--Letter to Mr.Young--Wants of the country--The Makololo--Approach home--Some are disappointed--News of the death of the London missionaries, the Helmores and others--Letter to Dr.Moffat--The Victoria Falls re-examined--Sekeletu ill of leprosy--Treatment and recovery--His disappointment at not seeing Mrs.
Livingstone--Efforts for the spiritual good of the Makololo--Careful observations in Natural History--The last of the "Ma-Robert"-- Cheering prospect of the Universities Mission--Letter to Mr.Moore--to Mr.
Young--He wishes another ship--Letter to Sir Roderick Murchison on the rumored journey of Silva Porto..