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Eight of his men were sent back : for the position was 

 very unhealthy, and provisions were still scarce; so that now 

 only two of his black friends continued with him. After re- 

 maining about six weeks — during which time he experienced the 

 greatest kindness from Colonel Nunes — II. M. brig " Frolic" 

 arrived off Kilimane, bringing abundant supplies of every thino- 

 he stood in need of. It was sent from the Cape, for the 

 purpose of offering him a passage to the Mauritius, which 

 he thankfully accepted. Sekwebu, the intelligent brave 

 Chief who had so often stood at his "Father's" right hand in 

 his hour of need, was permitted to embark with him. The 

 other poor African begged hard to be taken with them: and 

 it wrings one's heart to read that it was the expense which 

 prevented Livingstone from granting the poor fellow's earnest 

 wish. The Author's concluding words must here be quoted, 

 " I said to him, ' You will die if you go to such a cold country 

 as mine.' ' That is nothing,' he reiterated. ' Let me die at 

 your feet!'" 



Such are the men whose homes and houses the slave- 

 dealers steal upon ; murdering some, and carrying off more 

 in chained gangs to the coast — there to be sold to civilized men 

 who disgrace their Christian name by such vile commerce. 

 And within the early years of this century, England and other 

 States of Europe, were so blinded by the lust of gain, that, 

 for its sake, they became the cruel accessaries and tempters 

 of these foul murderous dealers, and the cowardly receivers of 

 their plunder! Nay, during these years, some of the richest 

 cities in this land sent representatives to Parliament, to plead 

 for and to uphold these abominations; and to stigmatize, with 

 the names of fanatics and fools, those good men, like Clark- 

 son, who had the Christian humanity and courage to raise 

 their voices against a traffic that was a foul dishonour to their 

 country. 



Sekwebu was the only one of the African party who 

 embarked (July 12, 1856,) with Livingstone. He was a man 



