The Diary of Dr. Livingstone
Legend
Contributed by: T. Scott Smith
Olmec: The greatest journalist of
the 1890s was Henry Stanley, the top reporter for the New York Herald. He
was sent to Africa to find Dr. Livingstone, a famous explorer who was feared
lost. Legend has it that Stanley worried over how to address
Livingstone. "Hello, Doc?" he asked himself as he boarded
ship for Zanzibar. "No, that's too casual."
In Zanzibar they said Livingstone
was in Unyanyembe, and Henry set off in the middle of
the rainy season. "Doctor, how do you do?" he rehearsed as he
wrung out his rain-soaked khakis. "Too
stiff."
At Unyanyembe
they told him Livingstone was in Ujiji, and Henry
plunged back into the jungle. "Pleased to make your acquaintance,
Doctor," he practiced as he wrestled with an attacking lion. "Too formal."
Finally, at Ujiji,
he found the explorer. "Dr. Livingston, I presume?" he blurted
out, coining a now-famous phrase.
"Delighted," said Dr.
Livingstone, and gave Henry his diary to prove they had met. Your quest
is to find the Diary of Dr. Livingstone and bring it back here!
Kirk: All right, but where is the
diary?
Olmec: The Diary of Dr. Livingstone
can be found in the Shrine of the Silver Monkey.