CONTENTS. 



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Ma-mochisane — Barotse country — Determines to go to Loanda — Heathen- 

 ism unadulterated — Taste for the beautiful — Letter to Ms children — to his 

 father — Last Sunday at Linyanti — Prospect of his falling, . . .129 



CHAPTEE VIII. 



FROM LINYANTI TO LOANDA. 



A.D. 1853-1S54. 



Difficulties and hardships of journey — His travelling kit — Four books — His 

 Journal — Mode of travelling — Beauty of country — Repulsiveness of the 

 people — Their religious belief — The negro — Preaching — The magic 

 lantern — Loneliness of feeling — Slave-trade — Management of the natives 

 — Danger from Chiboque — from another chief — Livingstone ill of fever — 

 At the Quango — Attachment of followers — " The good time coming " — 

 Portuguese settlements — Great kindness of the Portuguese — Arrives at 

 Loanda — Peceived by Mr. Gabriel — His great friendship — No letters — 

 News through Mr. Gabriel — Livingstone becomes acquainted with naval 

 officers — Resolves to go back to Linyanti and make for East Coast — Letter 

 to his wife — Correspondence with Mr. Maclear — Accuracy of his observa- 

 tions — Sir John Herschel — Geographical Society award their gold medal 

 — Remarks of Lord Ellesmere, . . . . . . . .153 



CHAPTER IX. 



FROM LOANDA TO QUILIMANE. 



a.d. 1854-1856. 



Livingstone sets oub from Loanda — Journey back — Effects of slavery — 

 Letter to his wife — Severe attack of fever — He reaches the Barotse coun- 

 try — Day of thanksgiving — His efforts for the good of his men — Anxieties 

 of the Moffats — Mr. Moffat's journey to Mosilikatse — Box at Linyanti — 

 Letter from Mrs. Moffat — Letters to Mrs. Livingstone, Mr. Moffat, and 

 Mrs. Moffat — Kindness of Sekek4tu — New escort — He sets out for the 

 East Coast — Discovers the Victoria Falls — The healthy longitudinal ridges 

 — Pedestrianism — Great dangers — Narrow escapes — Triumph of the spirit 

 of trust in God — Favourite texts — Reference to Captain M'Clure's experi- 

 ence — Chief subjects of thought — Structure of the continent — Sir Roderick 

 Murchison anticipates his discovery — Letters to Geographical Society — 

 First letter from Sir Roderick Murchison — Missionary labour — Monas- 

 teries — Protestant mission-stations wanting in self-support — Letter to 

 Directors — Fever not so serious an obstruction as it seemed — His own 

 hardships — Theories of mission- work — Expansions. Concentration — Views 



