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he growth of cotton, as well as to teach the natives how to till 
their lands, taking out with him for these intents cotton-seed, 
g ERole s, &c. He will further endeavor to bring to the 
“Xnglish market a vegetable called Buize, which possesses so 
Tough and fibrous a tissue as to render it of great value even to 
the hatives in their rude manufactures. Specimens of this plant, 
Which grows in profusion on the north bank of the Zambesi, 
have been converted into a substance that has been pronounce 
by al iding manufacturer to be worth, when prepared, between 
ty and sixty pounds per ton, and applicable to all purposes, 
for which flax is employed. In this material, therefore, alone, 
fo say nothing of indigo, cotton, beeswax, ivory, and the ores of 
ron, with much good coal, we have sufficient indication that no 
d be lost in establishing a regular intercourse with the 
so prolific a region. : fare 
Aus, acting as the pioneer of civilization, Dr. Livingstone 
engage the good will of the natives through their love 
of barter, and, having secured their confidence b mp of 
ye escribed as perfect sanatoria, he will endeavor to extend 
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the truths of that religion of which he is a minister, and of the 
nd, through that part of the country which he has already 
eed a pathway by means of the river Zambesi, which may 
where, by opening up communication and establishing commer- 
cial Intercourse with the natives of Africa, they may slowly but 
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