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blood awakened made it exceedingly desirable to advance with 

 as little delay as possible. Making all possible expedition, all 

 his wonderful energy and strength of will need to be in constant 

 exertion against the depressing influence of the dreary flat 

 couutry with its deep forest gloom. Possessed of that nature 

 which finds congenial companionship in the bold and beautiful 

 mountain scenery, and in the wide ever-heaving and foaming 

 ocean, there was no prison-house conceivable more terrible than 

 such dull and dark monotony. And with the refined tastes of 

 thorough culture he could not submit to the isolation of society 

 so absolutely wanting in the slightest shadow of congeniality, 

 except in the most entire obedience to duty and unreserved con- 

 secration of soul and body to others. Such a life is noble and 

 sweetened by the love of Christ, but it is still a life of pain. 

 Self-immolation may be cordial and Christ-like, but it is 

 agonizing. 



Leaving the Lake Dilolo by toilsome marches, the party at 

 length entered the friendly village of Katema, on the old route, 

 the 12th of June. He had now been three years away from the 

 Cape. They were no longer troubled by unkind impositions ; 

 the people everywhere manifested much sympathy and respect. 

 Katema inspired Dr. Livingstone with real respect for him by 

 the generous and manly bearing which distinguished him in 

 their intercourse. He says : " He desired me to rest myself and 

 eat abundantly, and took care to see that I had the means of 

 doing so. When he visited our encampment, I presented him 

 with a cloak of red baize, ornamented with gold tinsel, which 

 cost thirty shillings, according to the promise I had made in 

 going to Londa ; also a cotton robe, both large and small 

 beads, an iron spoon, and a tin pannikin containing a quarter 

 of a pound of powder. He seemed greatly pleased with the 

 liberality shown, and assured me that the way was mine, and 

 that no one should molest me in it if he could help it. We 

 were informed by Shakatwala that the chief never used any 

 part of a present before making an offer of it to his mother, 

 or the departed spirit to whom he prayed. Katema asked if 

 I could not make a dress for him like the one I wore, so that 

 he might appear as a white man when any stranger visited him. 

 One of the councillors, imagining that he ought to second this 



