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bodily labour and fatigue, he would cheerfully undergo 

 much more if a new station would answer such objects. 

 In referring to the countries drained by the Zambesi, he 

 believed he was speaking of a large section of the slave- 

 producing region of Africa. He then went on to say 

 that to a certain extent their hopes had been disap- 

 pointed ; Mr. Oswell had not been able to find a passage 

 to the sea, and he had not been able to find a station for 

 missionary work. They had therefore returned together. 

 " He assisted me," adds Livingstone, " in every possible 

 way. May God reward him ! " 



In regard to mission work for the future an important 

 question arose, What should be done for the Bakwains ? 

 They could not remain at Kolobeng — hunger and the 

 Boers decided that point. Was it not then his duty to 

 find and found a new station for them ? Dr. Livingstone 

 thought not. He had always told them that he would 

 remain with them only for a few years. One of his great 

 ideas on missions in Africa was that a fair trial should be 

 given to as many places as possible, and if the trial did 

 not succeed the missionaries should pass on to other 

 tribes. He had a great aversion to the common impres- 

 sion that the less success one had the stronger was one's 

 duty to remain. Missionaries were only too ready to 

 settle down and make themselves as comfortable as 

 possible, whereas the great need was for men to move on, 

 to strike out into the regions beyond, to go into all the 

 world. He had far more sympathy for tribes that had 

 never heard the gospel than for those who had had it for 

 years. He used to refer to certain tribes near Griqualand 

 that had got a little instruction, but had no stated mis- 

 sionaries ; they used to send some of their people to the 

 Griquas to learn what they could, and afterwards some 

 others ; and these persons, returning, communicated what 

 they knew, till a wonderful measure of knowledge was 

 acquired, and a numerous church was formed. If the 



