Bales of goods, baths of tin, huge kettles, cooking pots, tents, &c, made me think "This must be a luxurious traveller, and not one at his wits' end like me." _( 28th October, 1871.)_ It was Henry Moreland Stanley, the travelling correspondent of the _New York Herald,_ sent by James Gordon Bennett, junior, at an expense of more than 4000_l._, to obtain accurate information about Dr.Livingstone if living, and if dead to bring home my bones.

The news he had to tell to one who had been two full years without any tidings from Europe made my whole frame thrill.

The terrible fate that had befallen France, the telegraphic cables successfully laid in the Atlantic, the election of General Grant, the death of good Lord Clarendon--my constant friend, the proof that Her Majesty's Government had not forgotten me in voting 1000_l_.

for supplies, and many other points of interest, revived emotions that had lain dormant in Manyuema.

Appetite returned, and instead of the spare, tasteless, two meals a day, I ate four times daily, and in a week began to feel strong.