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other great African travellers, he had contributed not a 

 little to the great increase of popularity which had been 

 acquired by the Geographical Society. He had shown 

 abundance of openings for Christian missions from Kuru- 

 man to the Zambesi, and from Loanda to Quilimane. He 

 had excited no little compassion for the negro, by vivid 

 pictures of his dark and repulsive life, with so much misery 

 in it and so little joy. In the cause of missions he did not 

 appeal in vain. At the English Universities, young men 

 of ability and promise got new light on the purposes of 

 life, and wondered that they had not thought sooner of 

 offering themselves for such noble work. In Scotland, 

 men like James Stewart, now of Lovedale, were set think- 

 ing whether they should not give themselves to Africa, 

 and older men, like Mr. H. A. Macfie and the late Mr. 

 James Cunningham of Edinburgh, were pondering in what 

 manner the work could be begun. The London Missionary 

 Society, catching up Livingstone's watchword " Onward," 

 were planning a mission at Linyanti, on the banks of the 

 Zambesi. Mr. Moffat was about to pay a visit to the 

 great Mosilikatse, with a view to the commencement of a 

 mission to the Matebele. As for Livingstone himself, 

 his heart was yearning after his friends the Makololo. 

 He had been quite willing to go and be their missionary, 

 but in the meantime other duty called him. Not being 

 aware of any purpose to plant a mission among them, he 

 made an arrangement with his brother-in-law, Mr. John 

 Moffat, to become their missionary. Out of his private 

 resources he promised him £500, for outfit, etc., and £150 

 a year for five years as salary, besides other sums, amount- 

 ing in all to £1400. Nearly three years of his own 

 salary as Consul (£500) were thus pledged and paid. In 

 one word, Africa, which had long been a symbol of all 

 that is dry and uninviting, suddenly became the most 

 interesting part of the globe. 



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