Paris, 6 December, 1889.

Stanley, Zanzibar. Let me first congratulate you upon your great success, let me secondly thank you for letter, and your kindly treatment of my correspondent. Hoping to see you soon, I am your great admirer,

James Gordon Bennett, New York Herald.


Edinburgh, 29 November, 1889.

Stanley, Zanzibar. Thousand welcomes, congratulations on safety and brilliant achievement.

Bruce (Livingstone’s son-in-law).


Zanzibar, 7 December, 1889.