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roof, and their only hope is in the spear, and terrific scenes 

 sometimes ensue. 



While at this village there came news by which a more timid 

 heart than Dr. Livingstone's might have been greatly disturbed ; 

 he was told that the Mazitu — the scourge of the whole country 

 — were at the village toward which they were about journeying. 

 But Livingstone was a courageous man, and besides being long 

 accustomed to the perils of African wanderings, he had an un- 

 wavering faith in God. He remained in the village amid the 

 busy preparations of the natives who expected the enemy to 

 break upon them very soon, but it is good to observe how his 

 dependence on God arose far grander than his courage. It is 

 good to see a strong man leaning on the care of God like a little 

 child. 



