204 STANLEY FINDS THE LOST EXPLORER. 



He formed, indeed, a high estimate of his character, though, 

 he fully believed, a just one. 



"Dr. Livingstone," he says, "is about sixty years old. His hair 

 has a brownish color, but here and there streaked with grey lines 

 over the temples. His beard and moustache are very grey. His 

 eyes, which are hazel, are remarkably bright ; he has a sight keen as 

 a hawk's. His frame is a little over the ordinary height ; when w^alk- 

 ing, he has a firm but heavy tread, like that of an over-worked or 

 fatigued man. I never observed any spleen or misanthrophy about 

 him. 



"He has a fund of quiet humor, which he exhibits at all times 

 when he is among friends. During the four months I was with him 

 I noticed him every evening making most careful notes. His maps 

 evince great care and industry. He is sensitive on the point of being 

 doubted or criticized. His gentleness never forsakes him, his hope- 

 fulness never deserts him ; no harassing anxiety or distraction of 

 mind, though separated from home and kindred, can make him com- 

 plain. He thinks all will come out right at last, he has such faith in 

 the goodness of Providence. 



A REMARKABLE MEMORY. 



''Another thing which especially attracted my attention was 

 his wonderfully retentive memory. His religion is not of the theo- 

 retical kind, but it is constant, earnest, sincere, practical ; it is neither 

 demonstrative nor loud, but manifests itself in a quiet, practical 

 way, and is always at work. In him religion exhibits its loveliest 

 features; it governs his conduct not only towards his servants, but 

 towards the natives. I observed that universal respect was paid to 

 him; even the Mahommedans never passed his house without call- 

 ing to pay their compliments, and to say : 'The blessing of God rest 

 on you!' 



"Every Sunday morning he gathers his little flock around him, 

 and reads prayers and a chapter from the Bible in a natural, 

 unaffected, and sincere tone, and afterwards delivers a short address 

 in the Kisawahili language, about the subject read to them, which 

 is listened to with evident interest and attention. 



