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HOMEWARD. 



received from Earl Russell containing instructions for the with- 

 drawal of the expedition, and there could be but little else 

 attempted during the short time which must elapse before the 

 condition of the river would justify the attempt to take the 

 " Pioneer" down to the sea. The work of the expedition had 

 come to be little better than a struggle with the slave-trade. 

 The breaking up of that evil was the absorbing idea of the 

 members of it. It could hardly have been otherwise. The 

 humanity of Englishmen and Christians could but arise against 

 such barbarities as confronted them in every path they selected. 

 The short journey to the northwest, which extended as far as 

 the village of Chinanga, on the banks of a branch of the 

 Loangwa, only deepened the conviction of the utter hopeless- 

 ness of all enterprises which might seek the improvement of the 

 people and the utilization of the country until the land should 

 be relieved of the fatal traffic which flourished everywhere by 

 the patronage of Portugal. 



It is no wonder that Dr. Livingstone turned again toward 

 the sea with anything but friendly feelings toward a govern- 

 ment whose "dog in the manger" spirit had made six precious 

 years, years of pain and comparative disappointment. 



MISSION CHAPEL ON THE SHIRE. 



