THE GENERAL GEOLOGICAL FORMATION OF THE CONTINENT -- THE WANT OF COMPREHENSIVE INVESTIGATION -- SINGULAR FACTS AS TO THE DESERT OF SAHARA -- THE QUESTION OF THE ANTIQUITY OF MAN -- IS AFRICA THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE HUMAN RACE? -- OPINIONS OF SCIENTISTS TENDING TO ANSWER IN THE AFFIRMATIVE -- DARWINISM 28 CHAPTER III. THE RESULTS OF THE EXPLORATIONS IN AFRICA. THE RESULT IN BEHALF OF SCIENCE, RELIGION AND HUMANITY OF THE EXPLORATIONS AND MISSIONARY LABORS OF DR. LIVINGSTONE AND OTHERS IN AFRICA -- REVIEW OF RECENT DISCOVERIES IN RESPECT TO THE PEOPLE AND THE PHYSICAL NATURE OF THE AFRICAN CONTINENT -- THE DIAMOND FIELDS OF SOUTH AFRICA -- BIRD’S-EYE VIEW OF THE CONTINENT -- ITS CAPABILITIES AND ITS WANTS -- CHRISTIANITY AND MODERN JOURNALISM DISSIPATING OLD BARBARISMS, AND LEADING THE WAY TO TRIUMPHS OF CIVILIZATION 47 CHAPTER IV. LIVINGSTONE’S SECOND (AND LAST) EXPEDITION TO AFRICA. AGAIN LEAVES ENGLAND, MARCH, 1858 -- RESIGNING HIS POSITION AS MISSIONARY FOR THE LONDON SOCIETY, HE IS APPOINTED BY THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT CONSUL AT KILIMANE -- AFTER A BRIEF EXPLORATION ALONG THE ZAMBESI, HE AGAIN VISITS ENGLAND -- SAILS ON HIS FINAL EXPEDITION, AUGUST 14, 1865, AND PROCEEDS BY WAY OF BOMBAY TO ZANZIBAR -- REPORT OF HIS MURDER ON THE SHORES OF NYASSA 70 CHAPTER V. THE “HERALD” EXPEDITION OF SEARCH. THE GREAT DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN JOURNALISM -- THE TELEGRAPH -- JAMES GORDON BENNETT, HORACE GREELEY, HENRY J. RAYMOND -- THE MAGNITUDE OF AMERICAN JOURNALISTIC ENTERPRISE -- THE “HERALD” SPECIAL SEARCH EXPEDITION FOR DR. LIVINGSTONE -- STANLEY A CORRESPONDENT -- THE EXPEDITION ON ITS WAY TOWARD LIVINGSTONE 82 CHAPTER VI. HENRY MORLAND STANLEY. HIS NATIVITY -- EARLY LIFE -- COMES TO AMERICA -- HIS ADOPTION BY A NEW ORLEANS MERCHANT -- HIS CAREER DURING THE CIVIL WAR -- BECOMES A CORRESPONDENT OF THE NEW YORK “HERALD” -- SAILS FOR THE ISLAND OF CRETE TO ENLIST IN THE CAUSE OF THE CRETANS, THEN AT WAR -- BUT CHANGES HIS MIND ON ARRIVING THERE -- INSTEAD UNDERTAKES A JOURNEY THROUGH ASIA MINOR, THE PROVINCES OF RUSSIAN ASIA, ETC. -- ATTACKED AND PLUNDERED BY TURKISH BRIGANDS -- RELIEVED BY HON. E. JOY MORRIS, THE AMERICAN MINISTER -- GOES TO EGYPT -- TO ABYSSINIA -- REMARKABLE SUCCESS THERE -- HIS SUDDEN CALL TO PARIS FROM MADRID BY MR. BENNETT, OF THE “HERALD” -- ACCOUNT OF THE INTERVIEW -- MR. STANLEY GOES TO FIND LIVINGSTONE IN COMMAND OF THE “HERALD” LIVINGSTONE EXPEDITION 95 CHAPTER VII. MR. STANLEY IN AFRICA.