It takes trouble even in Africa to kill Dr. Livingstone.
Sir IL Murchison writes to say that Dr. Kirk, Consul at Zanzibar, received a letter dated "16 Rabiah el Akhir," in which the great Arab Sheikh of Uny-amyeme states that a caravan sent from Zanzibar is on its way to Ujiji, where Dr. Livingstone is expected from Manimes. If this is correct, the Doctor has been travelling to the west of Lake Tanganyika, but it is pointed out that the Arab date is the 16th of last July, and that the Sheikh gives no reasons for expecting the traveller. Sheiks never do give reasons in writing, and time in Africa has very little meaning, while it is evident that Dr. Kirk believes in the accuracy of the intelligence. If the Sheikh had not expected the Doctor, he would not have announced the arrival of the caravan for his relief, but have plundered it and said nothing.
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