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lishing the mission of Livingstonia, were so valuable. On 

 the noble spirit shown by Livingstone in remaining in the 

 country after all his early companions had left, and amid 

 such appalling scenes as everywhere met him, we do not 

 need to dwell. 



Here are glimpses of the inner heart of Livingstone 

 about this time : — 



" 1st March 1863. — I feel very often that I have not long to live, 

 and say, ' My dear children, I leave you. Be manly Christians, and 

 never do a mean thing. Be honest to men, and to the Almighty 

 One.' " 



" 1 Oth April. — Eeachecl the Cataracts. Very thankful indeed after 

 our three months' toil from Shupanga." 



" 27th April. — On this day twelvemonths my beloved Mary Moffat 

 was removed from me by death. 



' If I can, I '11 come again, mother, from out my resting-place ; 

 Though you'll not see me, mother, I shall look upon your face ; 

 Though I cannot speak a word, I shall hearken what you say, 

 And be often, often with you when you think I'm far away.' 



Tennyson." 



The " Lady Nyassa" being taken to pieces, the party 

 began to construct a road over the thirty-five or forty 

 miles of the rapids, in order to convey the steamer to the 

 lake. After a few miles of the road had been completed, 

 it was thought desirable to ascertain whether the boat 

 left near the lake two years before was fit for service, so 

 as to avoid the necessity of carrying another boat past the 

 rapids. On reaching it the boat was found to have been 

 burnt. The party therefore returned to carry up another. 

 They had got to the very last rapid, and had placed the 

 boat for a short space in the water, when, through the 

 carelessness of five Zambesi men, she was overturned, and 

 away she went like an arrow down the rapids. To keep 

 calm under such a crowning disappointment must have 

 taxed Livingstone's self-control to the very utmost. 



It was now that he received a despatch from Earl 

 Russell intimating that the Expedition was recalled. 

 This, though a great disappointment, was not altogether a 



