The Life Dream of Livingstone 



general the soil is light-coloured soft sand, nearly 

 pure silica. The beds of the former streams 

 contain much alluvial soil, which being baked 

 hard by the burning sun, rain-water in some 

 places stands in pools for several months of the 

 year. . . . The quantity of grass which grows 

 in this region is astonishing, even to those who 

 are familiar with India." 



From Kuruman Livingstone started on his 

 memorable journeys to Lake Ngami, the Zam- 

 besi, Loanda and Quilimane. 



Like all Scotsmen, Livingstone was firmly 

 convinced of the great value of emigration to 

 the individual as well as to the Empire at large ; 

 and to plant British colonies in Africa became 

 one of his master ideas and favourite schemes. 

 In one of his letters he advises his own family 

 to emigrate. He sent home ten pounds to aid 

 this scheme of emigration, and ten pounds to be 

 spent on clothes for himself. A little later we find 

 that he wishes to add the second sum to the first, 

 so that his help might be more substantial ; and 

 he would make his old clothes serve for another 

 year. The emigration scheme which he thought 

 would have promoted the welfare of his parents 

 and sister was not, however, carried into effect. 



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