296 DA VID LIVINGSTONE. [chap. xiv. 



unfavourable view of his aims and methods, as from one 

 of his own allies. Dr. Livingstone never allowed himself 

 to cherish any other feeling but that of high regard for 

 the self-denial and Christian heroism of the Bishop, and 

 many of his coadjutors ; but he did feel that most of them 

 were ill-adapted for their work and had a great deal to 

 learn, and that the manner in which he had been turned 

 aside from the direct objects of his own enterprise by 

 having to look after so many inexperienced men, and 

 then blamed for what he deprecated, and what was done 

 in his absence, was rather more than it was reasonable 

 for him to bear. 1 



Writing of the terrible loss of Mackenzie and Burrup 

 to the Bishop of Cape Town, Livingstone says : " The blow 

 is quite bewildering ; the two strongest men so quickly 

 cut down, and one of them, humanly speaking, indis- 

 pensable to the success of the enterprise. We must bow 

 to the will of Him who doeth all things well ; but I cannot 

 help feeling sadly disturbed in view of the effect the news 

 may have at home. I shall not swerve a hairbreadth 

 from my work while life is spared, and I trust the sup- 

 porters of the Mission may not shrink back from all that 

 they have set their hearts to." 



The next few weeks were employed in taking Miss 

 Mackenzie and Mrs. Burrup to the " Gorgon " on their way 

 home. It was a painful voyage to all — to Dr. and Mrs. 



1 It must not be supposed that the letter of Mr. Rowley expressed the mind of 

 his brethren. Some of them were greatly annoyed at it, and used their influence 

 to induce its author to write to the Cape papers that he had conveyed a wrong 

 impression. In writing to Sir Thomas Maclear (20th November 1862), after 

 seeing Rowley's letter in the Cape papers, Dr. Livingstone said : " It is untrue 

 that I ever on any one occasion adopted an aggressive policy against the Ajawa, or 

 took slaves from them. Slaves were taken from Portuguese alone. I never 

 hunted the Ajawa, or took the part of Manganja against Ajawa. In this I believe 

 every member of the Mission will support my assertion." Livingstone declined 

 to write a contradiction to the public prints, because he knew the harm that would 

 be done by a charge against a clergyman. In this he showed the same magna- 

 nimity and high Christian self-denial which he had shown when he left Mabotsa. 

 It was only when the Portuguese claimed the benefit of Rowley's testimony that 

 he let the public see what its value was. 



