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Duke, when at the head of armies, could give all the particulars 

 to be observed in a cavalry charge, and took care to have food 

 ready for all his troops. Men think that greatness consists in 

 lofty indifference to all trivial things. The Grand Llama, sit- 

 ting in immovable contemplation of nothing, is a good example 

 of what a human mind would regard as majesty; but the Gos- 

 pels reveal Jesus, the manifestation of the blessed God over all, 

 as minute in his care of all. He exercises a vigilance more 

 constant, complete, and comprehensive, every hour and every 

 minute, over each of his people, than their utmost self-love 

 could ever attain. His tender love is more exquisite than a 

 mother's heart can feel." 



But however he might engage himself, freely as he might 

 allow his thoughts to roam and soar, there was one consuming 

 anxiety — the men. He counted the days. Over and over in 

 his journal there are found calculations of the time when they 

 might be expected. 



"At last this trying suspense was put an end to by the arrival 

 of a troop of fifty-seven men and boys, made up of porters 

 hired by Mr. Stanley on the coast, and some more Nassick 

 pupils sent from Bombay to join Lieut. Dawson. We find the 

 names of John and Jacob Wainwright amongst the latter on 

 Mr. Stanley's list. 



" Before we incorporate these new recruits on the muster-roll 

 of Dr. Livingstone's servants, it seems right to point to five 

 names which alone represented at this time the list of his origi- 

 nal followers ; these were Susi, Chuma, and Amoda, who joined 

 him in 1864 on the Zambesi — that is, eight years previously — 

 and Mabruki and Gardner, Nassick boys hired in 1866. We 

 shall see that the new-comers by degrees became accustomed to 

 the hardships of travel, and shared with the old servants all the 

 danger of the last heroic march home. Nor must we forget 

 that it was to the intelligence and superior education of Jacob 

 Wainwright (whom we now meet with for the first time) that 

 we are indebted for the earliest account of the eventful eighteen 

 months during which he was attached to the party. 



"And now all is pounding, packing, bargaining, weighing, 

 and disputing amongst the porters. Amidst the inseparable 

 difficulties of an African start one thankful heart gathers com- 

 fort and courage." 



