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love could ever attain. His tender love is more exquisite 

 than a mother's heart can feel. 



6th August. — Wagtails begin to discard their young, which 

 feed themselves. I can think of nothing but "when will 

 these men come?" Sixty days was the period named, now 

 it is eighty-four. It may be all for the Dest, in the good 

 Providence of the Most High. 



9th August. — I do most devoutly thank the Lord for 

 His goodness in bringing my men near to this. Three 

 came to-day, and how thankful I am I cannot express # 

 It is well — the men who went with Mr. Stanley came again 

 to me. " Bless the Lord, my soul, and all that is within 

 me, bless His holy name." Amen. 



10th August. — Sent back the three men who came from 

 the Safari, with 4 dotis and 3 lbs. of powder. Called on the 

 Lewale to give the news as a bit of politeness ; found that 

 the old chief Nksiwa had been bumped by an ox, and a 

 bruise on the ribs may be serious at his age : this is another 

 delay from the war. It is only half-heartedly that any- 

 one goes. 



[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 

 Xassick 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 original 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 



