344 DA VID LIVINGSTONE. [chap. xvii. 



in the green-room, a loud cheering was made for Bishop 

 Colenso, and some hisses. It was a pity that he came to 

 the British Association, as it looks like taking sides. Sir 

 Charles Lyell cheered and clapped his hands in a most 

 vigorous way. Got over the address nicely. People 

 very kind and indulgent — 2500 persons present, but it is 

 a place easily spoken in." 



When Bishop Colenso moved the vote of thanks to 

 Dr. Livingstone for his address, occasion was taken by 

 some narrow and not very scrupulous journals to raise a 

 prejudice against him. He was represented as sharing 

 the Bishop's theological views. For this charge there 

 was no foundation, and the preceding extract from his 

 Journal will show that he felt the Bishop's presence to be 

 somewhat embarrassing. Dr. Livingstone was eminently 

 capable of appreciating Dr. Colenso's chivalrous backing 

 of native races in Africa, while he differed toto ccelo from 

 his theological views. In an entry in his Journal a 

 few days later he refers to an African traveller who had 

 got a high reputation without deserving it, for " he sank 

 to the low estate of the natives, and rather admired 

 Essays and Reviews.'" 



The next passage we give from his Journal refers to 

 the melancholy end of another brother- traveller, of whom 

 he always spoke with respect : — 



" 23d Sept. — Went to the funeral of poor Captain 

 Speke, who when out shooting on the 15th, the day I 

 arrived at Bath, was killed by the accidental discharge of 

 his gun. It was a sad shock to me, for, having corre- 

 sponded with him, I anticipated the pleasure of meeting 

 him, and the first news Dr. Watson gave me was that of 

 his death. He was buried at Dowlish, a village where 

 his family have a vault. Captain Grant, a fine fellow, 

 put a wreath or immortelle upon the coffin as it passed 

 us in church. It was composed of mignonette and wild 

 violets." 



