Dr Livingstone, I resume

Scotland on Sunday | December 26, 1999| | Copyright

FROM the summit of Nachipala Hill I gazed out over a shimmering blue lake surrounded by swaying grasslands flushed with green, towards the distant Bangweulu swamps. Dr David Livingstone had also climbed this hill to take his bearings, according to the plaque mounted on a small stone beacon.

Nachipala (meaning 'bareback' in Bemba, the local language) is the highest ground for miles around. Yet Livingstone's visit had marked a low point in his journeys of exploration through central Africa. A crocodile had eaten Chitane, his beloved poodle, a few days earlier. Soon afterwards two of his most ...

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