oneer_ to go thirty miles up in five days, and
it failed more and more in the descent. The steamer, too, though built
for the purpose of navigating the shallows of rivers, drew more water
than had been expected; the current when among shoals made the descent
worse than the ascent; there was a continual necessity for landing to cut
wood to feed the engine; and, in five days, the _Pioneer_ had not made
ten miles. The Bishop worked as hard as any of the crew, once narrowly
escaped the jaws of a crocodile, and had a slight touch of fever, so
trifling that it perhaps disposed him to think lightly of the danger; but
he was still weak when he came back to Johanna, and, by way of remedy,
set out before breakfast for a mountain walk, and came back exhausted,
and obliged to lie still, thoroughly depressed in mind as well as body
for two days. The expedition proved the more unfortunate, that it
delayed the start for the Zambesi from February, when the stream was
full, till May, when the water was so low that a great quantity of the
stores had to be left behind, in order that the _Pioneer_ might not draw
too much water. The chief assistants were the Malokolo, a portion of a
tribe who had attached themselves to Dr. Livingstone, and had been
awaiting his return on the banks of the river. The Bishop would fain
have gone without weapons of any sort, but Dr. Livingstone decided that
this was impracticable. He said, by all means take guns, and use them,
if needed, and they would prove the best pacificators; and Mackenzie, as
usual, yielded his own judgment, and heartily accepted what was decided
on for him.

All those left at Johanna had suffered from fever, and were relieved that
the time of inaction was over when they embarked in the _Pioneer_ on the
1st of May, and in due time ascended the Zambesi, and again the Shire,
but very slowly, for much time was consumed in cutting wood for the
engines, every _stick_ in the mud costing three days' labour, and in
three weeks going only six or seven miles, seeing numerous crocodiles and
hippopotami by the way.

It was not till the middle of July that they reached the landing-place.
As soon as the goods had been landed the whole party set out on an
exploration, intending to seek for a place, high enough on the hills to
be healthy, on which to form their settlement.

Their goods were carried by negroes, and a good many by themselves, the
Bishop's share being in one hand a loaded gun, in th