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Cape. Writing familiarly to his friend Moore, a propos 

 of his new comrades of the Church Mission, Livingstone 

 says : — " I have never felt anyways inclined to turn 

 Churchman or dissenter either, since I came out here. 

 The feelings which we have toward different sects alter 

 out here quite insensibly, till one looks upon all godly 

 men as good and true brethren. I rejoiced when I heard 

 that so many good and great men in the Universities had 

 turned their thoughts towards Africa, and feeling sure 

 that He who had touched their hearts would lead them 

 to promote His own glory, I welcomed the men they sent 

 with a hearty unfeigned welcome/' 



To his friend Mr. Maclear he wrote that he was very 

 glad the Mission was to be under a bishop. He had seen 

 so much idleness and folly result from missionaries being 

 left to themselves, that it was a very great satisfaction 

 to find that the new Mission was to be superintended 

 by one authorised and qualified to take the charge. 

 Afterwards when he came to know Bishop Mackenzie he 

 wrote of him to Mr. Maclear in the highest terms : " The 

 Bishop is A 1 , and in his readiness to put his hand to any- 

 thing resembles much my good father-in-law Moffat." 



It is not often that missions are over-manned, but in 

 the first stage of such an undertaking as this, so large a 

 body of men was an incumbrance, none of them knowing 

 a word of the language or a bit of the way. It was 

 Bishop Mackenzie's desire that Dr. Livingstone should 

 accompany him at once to the scene of his future labours 

 and help him to settle. But besides other reasons, 

 the " Pioneer," as already stated, was under orders to 

 explore the Bovuma, and, as the Portuguese put so many 

 obstacles in the way on the Zambesi, to ascertain whether 

 that river might not afford access to the Nyassa district. 

 It was at last arranged that the Bishop should first 

 go with the Doctor to the Bovuma, and thereafter they 

 would go together to the Shire. In waiting for Bishop 



