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our cause, which, I think, is the cause of Christ in Africa. Lord 

 Eadstock is much interested in it, and seems willing and anxious to 

 promote it. He was converted out at the Crimea, whither he had 

 gone as an amateur. His lady is a beautiful woman, and I think, 

 what is far better, a good, pious one. The Archbishop's daughters 

 asked me if they could be of any use in sending out needles, thread, 

 etc., to your school. I, of course, said Yes. His daughters are de- 

 votedly missionary, and work hard in ragged schools, etc. One of 

 them nearly remained in Jerusalem as a missionary, and is the same 

 in spirit here. It is well to be servants of Christ everywhere, at home 

 or abroad, wherever He may send us or take us. . .. . I hope I may 

 be enabled to say a word for Him on Monday. There is to be a grand 

 dinner and soiree at the Lord-Lieutenant's on Monday, and I have got 

 an invitation in my pocket, but will have to meet Admiral Trotter on 

 Tuesday. I go -off as soon as my lecture is over. ... Sk Duncan 

 Macgregor is the author of The Burning of the, Kent Eetst Indiaman. 

 His son, the only infant saved, is now a devoted Christian, a barrister." 1 



In September we find him in Manchester, where the 

 Chamber of Commerce gave him a hearty welcome, and 

 entered cordially into his schemes for the commercial 

 development of Africa. He was subjected to a close 

 cross-examination regarding the products of the country, 

 and the materials it contained for commerce ; but here, 

 too, the missionary was equal to the occasion. He had 

 brought home five or six and twenty different kinds of 

 fruit ; he told them of oils they had never heard of — dyes 

 that were kept secret by the natives — fibres that might 

 be used for the manufacture of paper — sheep that had 

 hair instead of wool — honey, sugar-cane, wheat, millet, 

 cotton, and iron, all abounding in the country. That all 

 these should abound in what used to be deemed a sandy 

 desert appeared very strange. A very cordial resolution 

 was unanimously agreed to, and a strong desire expressed 



1 Dr. Livingstone always liked that style of earnest Christianity which he 

 notices in this letter. In November of the same year, after he had resigned his 

 connection with the London Missionary Society, and was preparing to return to 

 Africa as H. M. Consul and head of the Zambesi Expedition, he writes thus to 

 his friend Mr. James Young : — "I read the life of Hedley Vicars for the first 

 time through, when down at Rugby. It is really excellent, and makes me 

 ashamed of the coldness of my services in comparison. That was his sister you 

 saw me walking with in Dublin at the Gardens (Lady Rayleigh). If you have not 

 read it, the sooner you dip into it the better. You will thank me for it." 



