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absent and the other busy, and so he returned to the ship 

 unrecognised. The schedules of the Custom-house sent 

 to be filled up were his first recognition by the autho- 

 rities of Bombay. He replied that except a few bales of 

 calico and a box of beads he had no merchandise ; he was 

 consigned to no one ; the seamen had only their clothes, 

 and he did not know a single soul in Bombay. As soon 

 as his arrival was known every attention was showered 

 on him by Sir Bartle Frere, the Governor, and others. 

 They had been looking out for him, but he had eluded 

 their notice. The Governor was residing at Dapuri, and 

 on his invitation Livingstone went there. Stopping at 

 Poona, he called on the missionaries, and riding on an 

 elephant he saw some of the "lions" of the place. Colonel 

 Stewart, who accompanied him, threw some light on the 

 sea-serpent. " He told us that the yellow sea-serpent 

 which we had seen before reaching Bombay is poisonous ; 

 there are two kinds — one dark olive, the other pale lemon 

 colour ; both have rings of brighter yellow on their tails." 



Landing in India was a strange experience, as he tells 

 Sir Thomas Maclear. "To walk among the teeming 

 thousands of all classes of population, and see so many 

 things that reading and pictures had made familiar to the 

 mind was very interesting. The herds of the buffaloes, 

 kept I believe for their milk, invariably made the 

 question glance across the mind, ' Where 's your rifle % ' 

 Nor could I look at the elephants either without some- 

 thing of the same feeling. Hundreds of bales of cotton 

 were lying on the wharves." 



"20th June 1864. — Went with Captain Leith to 

 Poona to visit the Free Church Mission Schools there, 

 under the Rev. Mr. Mitchell, Gardner, etc. A very fine 

 school of 500 boys and young men answered questions 

 very well. . . . All collected together, and a few ladies 

 and gentlemen for whom I answered questions about 

 Africa. We then went to a girls' school ; the girls sang 

 very nicely, then acted a little play. There were different 



