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Updated: June 9, 2025

At the distance of two miles from the last ford, we found a neat khambi, situated close to the river, where it first broke into a furious rapid. The next morning the caravan was preparing for the march, when I was informed that the "Bana Mdogo" little master Shaw, had not yet arrived with the cart, and the men in charge of it.

Henry M. (Henry Morton) Stanley - How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley

As I did not like the name, I called the chiefs of my caravan together, and asked them to give him a better name. Bombay thought "Bombay Mdogo" would suit my black-skinned infant very well.

Henry M. (Henry Morton) Stanley - How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley