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senses would suppose that the confidence which inspired 

 these kind expressions would be imparted at sight to any 

 novice. It ought never to be forgotten that influence among 

 the heathen can be acquired only by a patient continuance 

 in well-doing, and that good manners are as necessary among 

 barbarians, as among the civilized. 



Among the articles put into the hands of Sekeletu's wives 

 for greater security were two manuscript volumes of notes, 

 which, on starting in 1853 from the interior to the West 

 Coast, Dr. Livingstone wished, in the event of his never re- 

 turning from that hazardous journey, to be transmitted to 

 his family. A letter was left with them, addressed to any 

 English traveller or trader, and expressing a desire that the 

 volumes might be handed to Mr. Moffat. One contained 

 notes on the discovery of Lake Ngami, and on the Kalahari 

 Desert ; the other, notes on its natural history. The Mako- 

 lolo, who had guarded all the rest of the property most faith- 

 fully, declared that they had delivered the books to one of 

 the only two traders who had visited them. When they 

 were now told that the person in question denied their recep- 

 tion, Seipone, one of Sekeletu's wives, said, " He lies, I gave 

 them to him myself." Conscience seems to have worked ; 

 for the trader, having gone to Moselekatse's country, one of 

 the volumes was put into the mail-bag coming from the 

 south, which came to hand with the lock taken off in quite a 

 scientific manner. 



Taking a supply of the medicine, which had been lying only 

 a hundred yards from the spot where the Missionaries helplessly 

 perished, the Doctor returned towards Sesheke. The journey 

 took three days each way. The path leads through a district 

 infested by tsetse ; to preserve the horses from being bitten, 

 this was passed through by night. The party slept at the 

 different Makololo cattle-stations. At one a lion had been 



