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his hands made short work of all kinds of big 

 game. Indeed Oswell, as an all-round man, was 

 hard to equal and more difficult to beat a grand 

 specimen of a thorough cultured English gentle- 

 man. Brave he was to the verge of temerity, but 

 brimming over with kind-heartedness, courtesy, and 

 geniality. He died only three or four years ago, 

 much regretted by every one who knew him, but 

 hardly known to any outside his own small circle. 



The world owes more to him than it is aware of, 

 as he was the first man to appreciate the great 

 qualities of Livingstone, who was indebted to him 

 for the necessary outfit with which to commence 

 his wonderful career as an explorer. 



Livingstone was a little, dark, tough-looking 

 man, with a countenance every lineament of which 

 denoted the possession of courage, pertinacity, and 

 intellect. He, in common with his kind, had his 

 faults too, and had he not been a sincere Christian, 

 my impression is that a competitor in his own 

 peculiar vocation would have met with but little 

 mercy if he crossed his path. Personally, the 

 little intercourse I had with Livingstone was very 

 pleasant, but then I do not belong to the com- 

 petitive order, and am anything but ambitious of 



