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has not yet sent. Glad, of course, to see the old couple again. We 

 had a grand to-do at the Cape. Eight hundred guineas were pre- 

 sented in a silver box by the hand of the Governor, Sir George Grey, 

 a tine fellow. Sure, no one might be more thankful to the Giver of 

 all than myself. The Lord grant me grace to serve Him with heart 

 and soul — the only return I can make ! ... It was a bitter parting 

 with my wife, like tearing the heart out of one. It was so unexpected ; 

 and now we are screwing away up the coast. . . . We are all agree- 

 able yet, and all looking forward with ardour to our enterprise. It is 

 likely that I shall come down with the ' Pearl' through the Delta to 

 doctor them if they become ill, and send them on to Ceylon with a 

 blessing. All have behaved well, and I am really thankful to see it, 

 and hope that God will graciously make some better use of us in 

 promoting His glory. I met a Dr. King in Simon's Bay, of the 

 ' Cambrian' frigate, one of our class-mates in the Andersonian. This 

 frigate, by the way, saluted us handsomely when we sailed out. We 

 have a man-of-war to help us (the ' Hermes'), but the lazy muff is far 

 behind. He is, however, to carry our despatches to Quilimane. . . ." 



A letter to Dr. Moffat lets us know in what manner he 

 was preparing to teach the twelve Kroomen who were to 

 navigate the " Ma-Robert," and his old Makololo men : — 



" First of all, supposing Mr. Skead should take this back by the 

 ' Hermes ' in time to catch you at the Cape, would you be kind 

 enough to get a form of prayer printed for me 1 We have twelve 

 Kroomen, who seem docile and willing to be taught ; when we are 

 parted from the ' Pearl ' we shall have prayers with them every 

 morning. ... I think it will be an advantage to have the prayers 

 in Sichuana when my men join us, and if we have a selection from 

 the English Litany, with the Lord's Prayer in Sichuana, all may join. 

 Will you translate it, beginning at ' Kemember not, Lord, our offences,' 

 up to ' the right way' 1 Thence, petition for chiefs, and on to the 

 end. . . . The Litany need not be literal. I suppose you are not a 

 rabid nonconformist, or else I would not venture to ask this. . . ." 



By the time they reached the mouth of the Zambesi, 

 Livingstone was suffering from a severe attack of diarrhoea. 

 On the 16th of May, being Sunday, while still suffering, 

 he deemed it a work of necessity, in order to get as soon 

 as possible out of the fever-breeding region of mangrove 

 swamps where they had anchored, that they should at 

 once remove the sections of the "Ma-Robert" from the 

 "Pearl;" accordingly, with the exception of the time 



