"There is a good deal of risk in so doing, but not so much danger as if I intrusted it to my friend the Governor. A former sketch-map, a multitude of astronomical observations, and nearly all my letters, always disappeared here; but it is better that they run the risk in the hand of a native than go with me over waters innumerable. The fear of losing my journal altogether led me to intrust it to Mr. Stanley to be kept by my daughter till I return, and I hope it has arrived safely. I am waiting here only till my fifty men arrive. The natural anxiety I feel for the safety of my son Oswell coming through the feverish districts between this cold highland and the coast would have been threefold increased had the naval gentlemen come. "In conclusion, let me beg your lordship to offer my very warmest thanks to them, to the Council and Fellows of the Royal Geographical Society, and to all who kindly contributed in any way towards securing my safety. I really feel that no one in this world ought to be more deeply grateful than your most obedient servant, “DAVID LIVINGSTONE, "Her Majesty's Consul, Inner Africa." CONCLUDING CHAPTER. THE following correspondence, and especially the last letter, which was accompanied by a beautiful and valuable gold snuff-box set with brilliants, will be treasured by me as among the pleasantest results of my undertaking. H. M. S. "Foreign Office, August 1. "SIR,-I am directed by Earl Granville to acknowledge the receipt of a packet containing letters and despatches from Dr. Livingstone, which you were good enough to deliver to her Majesty's ambassador at Paris for transmission to this department; and I am to convey to you his Lordship's thanks for taking charge of these interesting documents. "I am, Sir, "Your most obedient humble servant, "HENRY M. STANLEY, Esq., New York Herald Bureau, "46, Fleet Street, London." "ENFIELD.” "London, August 2. "HENRY M. STANLEY, Esq., has handed to me to-day the diary of Dr. Livingstone, my father, sealed and signed by my father, with instructions written on the outside, signed by my father, for the care of which, and for all his actions concerning and to my father, our very best thanks are due. We have not the slightest reason to doubt that this is my father's journal, and I certify that the letters he has brought home are my father's letters, and no others. "TOM S. LIVINGSTONE." "August 2, 1872. "SIR,-I was not aware until you mentioned it that there was any doubt as to the authenticity of Dr. Livingstone's despatches, which you delivered to Lord Lyons on the 31st of July. But, in consequence of what you said I have inquired into the matter, and I find that Mr. Hammond, the undersecretary of the Foreign Office, and Mr. Wylde, the head of the Consular and Slave Trade Department, have not the slightest doubt as to the genuineness of the papers which have been received from Lord Lyons, and which are being printed. "I cannot omit this opportunity of expressing to you my admiration of the qualities which have enabled you to achieve the object of your mission, and to attain a result which has been hailed with so much enthusiasm both in the United States and in this country. "I am, Sir, "HENRY STANLEY, Esq." 66 Your obedient, "GRANVILLE." "Foreign Office, August 27. "SIR,-I have great satisfaction in conveying to you, by command of the Queen, her Majesty's high appreciation of the prudence and zeal which you have displayed in opening a communication with Dr. Livingstone, and relieving her Majesty from the anxiety which, in common with her subjects, she had felt in regard to the fate of that distinguished traveller. "The Queen desires me to express her thanks for the service you have thus rendered, together with her Majesty's congratulations on your having so successfully carried on the mission which you fearlessly undertook. Her Majesty also desires me to request your acceptance of the memorial which accompanies this letter. "I am, Sir, |