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going away ; bad smells ; and kindly looks from English 

 folks to each other." The sight of slaves in the Zanzibar 

 market, and the recognition of some who had been brought 

 from Nyassa, did not enliven his visit, though it un- 

 doubtedly confirmed his purpose and quickened his efforts 

 to aim another blow at the accursed trade. Always 

 thinking of what would benefit Africa, he writes to Sir 

 Thomas Maclear urging very strongly the starting of a 

 line of steamers between the Cape, Zanzibar, and Bombay : 

 " It would be a most profitable one, and would do great 

 good, besides, in eating out the trade in slaves." 



At last the " Penguin " came for him, and once more, 

 and for the last time, Livingstone left for the Dark Con- 

 tinent. 



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