DA VID LIVINGSTONE. [chap. vi. 



CHAPTER VI. 



KOLOBENG continued — LAKE 'NGAMI. 

 A.D. 1849-1852. 



Kolobeng failing through drought — Sebituane's country and the Lake 'Ngami — 

 Livingstone sets out with Messrs. Oswell and Murray — Rivers Zouga and 

 Tamanak'le — Old ideas of the interior revolutionised — Enthusiasm of Living- 

 stone — Discovers Lake 'Ngami — Obliged to return — Prize from Royal Geo- 

 graphical Society — Second expedition to the lake, with wife and children — 

 Children attacked by fever — Again obliged to return — Conviction as to 

 healthier spot beyond — Idea of finding passage to sea either west or east — 

 Birth and death of a child — Family visits Kuruman — Third expedition, again 

 with family — He hopes to find a new locality — Perils of the journey — He 

 reaches Sebituane — The Chief's illness and death — Distress of Livingstone — 

 Mr Oswell and he go on to Linyanti — Discovery of the Upper Zambesi — No 

 locality found for settlement — More extended journey necessary — He returns 

 — Birth of Oswell Livingstone — Crisis in Livingstone's life — His guiding prin- 

 ciples — New plans — The Makololo begin to practise slave-trade — New thoughts 

 about commerce — Letters to Directors — The Bakwains — Pros and cons of his 

 new plan — His unabated missionary zeal — He goes with his family to the Cape 

 — His literary activity. 



When Sechele turned back after going so far with 

 Livingstone eastwards, it appeared that his courage had 

 failed him. " Will you go with me northwards V Living- 

 stone once asked him, and it turned out that he was 

 desirous to do so. He wished to see Sebituane, a great 

 chief living to the north of Lake 'Ngami, who had saved 

 his life in his infancy, and otherwise done him much 

 service. Sebituane was a man of great ability, who had 

 brought a vast number of tribes into subjection, and 

 now ruled over a very extensive territory, being one of 

 the greatest magnates of Africa. Livingstone too had 

 naturally a strong desire to become acquainted with so 

 influential a man. The fact of his living near the lake 



