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"29th July. — Called on Mr. Gladstone; he was very affable — 

 spoke about the Mission, and asked if I had told Lord Russell about 

 it. . . . Visited Lady Franklin and Miss Cracroft, her niece. . . . 

 Dined with Lord and Lady Palmerston, Lady Shaftesbury, and Lady 

 Victoria Ashley, the Portuguese Minister, Count d'Azeglio (Sardinian 

 Minister), Mr. Calcraft — a very agreeable party. Mr. Calcraft and I 

 walked home after retiring. He is cousin to Colonel Steele; the 

 colonel has gone abroad with his daughter, who is delicate." 



"Saturday, 31st July 1864. — Came down by the morning train to 

 Harburn, and met my old friend Mr. Young, who took me to Lime- 

 field, and introduced me to a nice family." 



Dr. Livingstone's relation to Mr. Young's family was 

 very close and cordial. Hardly one of the many notes 

 and letters he wrote to his friend fails to send greetings 

 to " Ma- James," as he liked to call Mrs. Young, after the 

 African fashion. It is not only the playful ease of his 

 letters that shows how much he felt at home with Mr. 

 Young, — the same thing appears from the frequency with 

 which he sought his counsel in matters of business, and 

 the value which he set upon it. 



"Sunday, 1st August. — Went to the U.P. church, and heard ex- 

 cellent sermons. Was colder this time than on my former visit to 

 Scotland. 



" 2d August. — Reached Hamilton. Mother did not know me at 

 first. Anna Mary, a nice sprightly child, told me that she preferred 

 Garibaldi buttons on her dress, as I walked down to Dr. Loudon to 

 thank him for kindness to my mother. 



" 2>d August. — Agnes, Oswell, and Thomas came. I did not 

 recognise Tom, he has grown so much. Has been poorly a long while ; • 

 congestion of the kidney, it is said. Agnes quite tall, and Anna Mary 

 a nice little girl." 



* The next few days were spent with his family, and in 

 visits to the neighbourhood. He had a consultation with 

 Professor Syme as to a surgical operation recommended 

 for an ailment that had troubled him ever since his first 

 great journey ; he was strongly urged to have the opera- 

 tion performed, and probably it would have been better 

 if he had ; but he finally declined, partly because an old 

 medical friend was against it, but chiefly, as he told Sir 



