LIVINGSTONE'S JOURNEY ACROSS AFRICA 



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recently announced was a mere political form, and that the material as 

 well as the personal interests of the officials led them to foster secretly, 

 if not openly, traffic in flesh and blood. Nothing could exceed his 

 gratitude for their kindness to him, but nothing could weaken his firm 

 conviction that many of them had at heart the prosperity of the slave 

 trade. 



LIVINGSTONE AND "SINBAD" HUNTING AN ELEPHANT 



Although Livingstone was not content with the discoveries he 

 had made on his way from Linyanti, there were not wanting others 

 who viewed his work with the very highest appreciation. The Royal 

 Geographical Society regarded it so favorably, that it awarded him 

 the Patron's Gold Medal. Livingstone, indeed, was not unknown to 

 the society, for it had already made him a grant on his discovery of 

 Lake Ngami. 



