Corpus of Modern Scottish Writing (CMSW) - www.scottishcorpus.ac.uk/cmsw/ Document : 262 Title: Letter from Livingston to Murray, 9 Aug 1865 Author(s): Livingstone, David 88 48 Euston Square 9th August 1865 My Dear Sir Allow me to remind you that a note, requesting a sort of Firman from the Sultan of Zanzibar — and in the event of my not being able to take my own steamer, a passage in a man of war across the Indian Ocean, was intended to be prepared before my starting; and as I am ready to go on Monday next (13th) so as to meet the mail of the 20th at Marseilles — would you oblige me by having the document ready when I call 89 to take leave of you between 2 & 3 tomorrow (Thursday) afternoon? I have only one boat — a whaler — with the steamer and Captain Richards suggests that on [A]pplication to the Admiralty another whaler would be lent to me while in the river Rovuma This would enable me to take my whole 1865 Dr. Livingstone party up without any separation. A sentence in addition to the request for a passage saying that the loan of a whaler is necessary is all that is required and you will oblige your most obedient David Livingstone Austin Layard Esq [¿]