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of Lake Ngami. Dr Shaw, in the MSS. before referred to, 

 thus relates the manner in which this noble Society recognised 

 bis subsequent labours : 



"In awarding the Victoria gold Medal of the Royal Geogra- 

 phical Society to him, during his absence, the Earl of Ellesmere, 

 then President, eloquently dwelt upon ' the scientific precision 

 with which the unarmed and unassisted English missionary 

 bad left his mark on so many important stations of regions, 

 hitherto blank, and for which our associate, Mr Arrowsmitb, 

 has sighed in vain/ In presenting this medal to Dr Living- 

 stone at the special meeting of the Royal Geographical 

 Society, upon his arrival from Quillimane, the President, 

 Sir Roderick Murchison, in referring to the former achieve- 

 ments of the traveller, forcibly remarked, c If for that wonderful 

 journey, Dr Livingstone was justly recompensed with the 

 highest distinction the Society could bestow, what must be 

 our own estimate of his prowess, now that he has re-traversed 

 the vast regions, which he first opened out to our knowledge? 

 Nay, more; that, after reaching his old starting-point at 

 Linyanti in the interior, he has followed the Zambesi, or 

 continuation of the Leeambye, to its mouths on the shores 

 of the Indian Ocean, passing through the eastern Portuguese 

 settlements to Quillimane, — thus completing the entire journey 

 across South Africa.' May his future explorations be as suc- 

 cessful ! " 



Other missionaries may well keep Dr Livingstone's ex- 

 ample in mind, and act likewise in cultivating science; of 

 course putting it in its place in reference to their own para- 

 mount engagements to strive for the salvation of souls. 



Both African missionaries and explorers fall far short of 

 Dr Livingstone's investigations as to the extent of their dis- 

 coveries and explorations. Here and there one has penetrated 

 the interior, in some cases to die there, in others to take a 

 transient glance and return. Their labours have been confined 

 to researches fringing the coast. No one has before boldly 

 crossed the whole continent from ocean to ocean, and given 



