h, divining what I should need most, left an
ounce of quinine. These gifts made my heart overflow. I had not tasted
any liquor whatever during the time I had been in Africa; but when
reduced in Angola to extreme weakness, I found much benefit from a
little wine, and took from Loanda one bottle of brandy in my medicine
chest, intending to use it if it were again required; but the boy who
carried it whirled the box upside down, and smashed the bottle, so I can
not give my testimony either in favor of or against the brandy.

But my joy on reaching the east coast was sadly imbittered by the news
that Commander MacLune, of H. M. brigantine "Dart", on coming in to
Kilimane to pick me up, had, with Lieutenant Woodruffe and five men,
been lost on the bar. I never felt more poignant sorrow. It seemed as if
it would have been easier for me to have died for them, than that they
should all be cut off from the joys of life in generously attempting to
render me a service. I would here acknowledge my deep obligations to the
Earl of Clarendon, to the admiral at the Cape, and others, for the kind
interest they manifested in my safety; even the inquiries made were very
much to my advantage. I also refer with feelings of gratitude to
the Governor of Mozambique for offering me a passage in the schooner
"Zambesi", belonging to that province; and I shall never forget the
generous hospitality of Colonel Nunes and his nephew, with whom I
remained. One of the discoveries I have made is that there are vast
numbers of good people in the world, and I do most devoutly tender my
unfeigned thanks to that Gracious One who mercifully watched over me
in every position, and influenced the hearts of both black and white to
regard me with favor.

With the united testimony of Captain Parker and Lieutenant Hoskins,
added to my own observation, there can be no reasonable doubt but that
the real mouth of the Zambesi is available for the purposes of commerce.
The delta is claimed by the Portuguese, and the southern bank of the
Luabo, or Cuama, as this part of the Zambesi is sometimes called, is
owned by independent natives of the Caffre family. The Portuguese are
thus near the main entrance to the new central region; and as they have
of late years shown, in an enlightened and liberal spirit, their desire
to develop the resources of Eastern Africa by proclaiming Mozambique
a free port, it is to be hoped that the same spirit will lead them to
invite mercantile e