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no difference between ourselves and them. And if we appear to care 

 nothing for the things of this world, they conclude we are rich, and 

 when they beg, our refusal is ascribed to niggardliness, and our pro- 

 perty, too, is wantonly destroyed. ' Ga ba tloke'=they are not in 

 need, is the phrase employed when our goods are allowed to go to 

 destruction by the neglect of servants. ... In coming among savage 

 people, we ought to make them feel we are of them, ' we seek not 

 yours, but you;' but while very careful not to make a gain of them, 

 we ought to be as careful to appear thankful, and appreciate any effort 

 they may make for our comfort or subsistence." 



On reaching Kolobeng from 'Ngami, they found the 

 station deserted. The Bakwains had removed to Limaiie. 

 Sechele came down the day after, and presented them 

 with an ox — a valuable gift in his circumstances. Sechele 

 had much yet to bear from the Boers ; and after being, 

 without provocation, attacked, pillaged and wasted, and 

 robbed of his children, he was bent on going to the Queen 

 of England to state his wrongs. This, however, he could 

 not accomplish, though he went as far as the Cape. 

 Coming back afterwards to his own people, he gathered 

 large numbers about him from other tribes, to whose 

 improvement he devoted himself with much success. 

 He still survives, with the one wife whom he retained ; 

 and, though not without some drawbacks (which 

 Livingstone ascribed to the bad example set him by 

 some), he maintains his Christian profession. His people 

 are settled at some miles' distance from Kolobeng, and 

 have a missionary station, supported by a Hanoverian 

 Society. His regard for the memory of Livingstone is 

 very great, and he reads with eagerness all that he can 

 find about him. He has ever been a warm friend of 

 missions, has a wonderful knowledge of the Bible, and 

 can preach well. The influence of Livingstone in his 

 early days was doubtless a real power in mission-work. 

 Mebalwe, too, we are informed by Dr. Moffat, still sur- 

 vives ; a useful man, an able preacher, and one who has 

 done much to bring his people to Christ. 



