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They knew the big man, Moosa, and described him, 

 also the Indian sepoys, and the ten Johanna men. 

 All certified to a dog called " Chitanee " having been 

 with the party. My astronomical instruments or 

 breechloaders were nothing new to them, for they 

 had seen the same with ^' our brother." Two or 

 three watched me taking the altitude of the sun at 

 noon, and all the while kept remarking, ^' That was 

 how he did it." I then got Livingstone's photograph, 

 which was in Mr. Young's desk, and placing it in the 

 middle of a carte de visite book of my own, which 

 contained some twenty-five photos, handed it to 

 the boy I had picked out as being the most intelli- 

 gent, asking him to look for the man in the book — 

 indeed, from all he told us, he must have been almost 

 constantly in the company of the travellers during 

 their stay here. He at once commenced turning 

 over the pages, overlooked by half a dozen others. 

 One of the bystanders pointed out the likeness of a 

 friend of mine, saying that was he, but the boy who 

 held the book in his hand contradicted him sharply, 

 and continued to turn over the pages till he came to 

 Livingstone's picture. Scarcely had he set eyes on it, 

 when, with a triumphant and self-confident air, he 

 handed me the book with his left hand, the first fin- 

 ger of his right pressed hard on Livingstone's head. 

 I was delighted at this myself, but if I felt it, I cer- 

 tainly did not display the amount of joy the boy 

 did when informed that I had said he was right. He 

 danced and jumped about, clapping his hands with 

 delight for some minutes, to the great amusement of 

 us all. 



