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No wonder was it that Livingstone rejoiced at reaching Loanda 

 at last! His mind worn and depressed by disease and care, his body 

 wasted with fever and chronic dysentery, he was in a position to re- 

 ceive with all the gratitude of a grateful nature the kindness of the 

 one Englisman living in Loanda at that time. This was Mr. Gabriel, 

 the British commissioner for the suppression of the slave trade. "See- 

 ing me ill," wrote Livingstone, "he benevolently offered me his bed. 

 Never shall I forget the luxuriant pleasure I enjoyed in feeling myself 

 again on a good English couch, after six months sleeping on the 

 ground. I was soon asleep \" 



