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coming confinement, join her husband on the Zambesi in 

 1860. "This," says Livingstone in his Journal, "is a 

 great trial to me, for had she come on with us, she might 

 have proved of essential service to the Expedition in case 

 of sickness or otherwise ; but it may all turn out for the 

 best." It was the first disappointment, and it was but 

 partially balanced by his learning from Dr. Moffat, who, 

 with his wife, met them at the Cape, that he had made 

 out his visit to Mosilikatse, and had learned that the 

 men whom Livingstone had left at Tette had not returned 

 home, so that they would still be waiting for him there. 

 He knew of what value they would be to him in explain- 

 ing his intentions to the natives. From Sir George Grey, 

 the excellent Governor of the Cape, and the inhabitants 

 of Cape Town generally, the expedition met with an 

 unusually cordial reception. At a great meeting at the 

 Exchange, a silver box containing a testimonial of eight 

 hundred guineas was presented to Livingstone by the 

 Governor ; and two days after, a grand dinner was given 

 to the members of the Expedition, the Attorney- General 

 being in the chair. Mr. Maclear was most enthusiastic 

 in the reception of his friend, and at the public meeting 

 had so much to say about him that he could hardly be 

 brought to a close. It must have been highly amusing 

 to Livingstone to contrast Cape Town in 1852 with Cape 

 Town in 1858. In 1852, he was so suspected that he 

 could hardly get a pound of gunpowder or a box of caps 

 while preparing for his unprecedented journey, and he 

 had to pay a heavy fine to get rid of a cantankerous post- 

 master. Now he returns with the Queen's gold band 

 round his cap, and with brighter decorations round his 

 name than Sovereigns can give ; and all Cape Town 

 hastens to honour him. It was a great victory, as it was 

 also a striking illustration of the world's ways. 



It is not our object to follow Dr. Livingstone into all 

 the details of his expedition, but merely to note a few of 



