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His travelling-kit was reduced to the smallest possible 

 bulk ; that he minded little, but he was vexed to be 

 able to take so few books. A few days after setting out, 

 he writes in his private Journal : — 



" I feel the want of books in this journey more than anything else. 

 A Sich liana Pentateuch, a lined journal, Thomson's Tables, a Nautical 

 Almanac, and a Bible, constitute my stock. The last constitutes my 

 chief resource ; but the want of other mental pabulum is felt severely. 

 There is little to interest in the conversation of the people. Loud 

 disputes often about the women, and angry altercations in which the 

 same string of abuse is used, are more frequent than anything else." 



The " lined journal," of which mention is made here, 

 was probably the most wonderful thing of the kind ever 

 taken on such a journey. It is a strongly bound quarto 

 volume of more than 800 pages, with a lock and key. The 

 writing is so neat and clear that it might almost be taken 

 for lithograph. Occasionally there is a page with letters 

 beginning to sprawl, as if one of those times had come 

 when he tells us that he could neither think nor speak, 

 nor tell any one's name — possibly not even his own, if he 

 had been asked it. He used to jot his observations on 

 little note-books, and extend them when detained by 

 rain or other causes. 



The journal differs in some material respects from the 

 printed record of this journey. It is much more explicit in 

 setting forth the bad treatment he often received. When 

 he spoke of these things to the public, he made constant 

 use of the mantle of charity, and the record of many a bad 

 deed and many a bad character is toned down. Naturally 

 too, the journal is more explicit on the subject of his own 

 troubles, and more free in recording the play of his feel- 

 ings. It does not hide the communings of his heart with 

 his heavenly Father. It is built up in a random-rubble 

 style ; here a solemn prayer, in the next line a note of 

 lunar observations ; then a dissertation on the habits of 

 the hippopotamus. Notes bearing on the character, the 

 superstitions, and the feelings of the natives are of 



