The wind still blows from Africa to India, but with so much violence, and with such a murky atmosphere, that few or no observations for position can be taken.

We were, however, at the time very anxious to dispose of the "Lady Nyassa," and, the only market we could reach being Bombay, we resolved to run the risk of getting there before the stormy period commenced; and, after taking fourteen tons of coal on board, we started on the 30th April from Zanzibar.
Our complement consisted of seven native Zambesians, two boys, and four Europeans; namely, one stoker, one sailor, one carpenter, whose names have been already mentioned, and Dr.Livingstone, as navigator.

The "Lady Nyassa" had shown herself to be a good sea-boat.

The natives had proved themselves capital sailors, though before volunteering not one of them had ever seen the sea.

They were not picked men, but, on paying a dozen whom we had in our employment for fifteen months, they were taken at random from several hundreds who offered to accompany us.