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CHAPTEE XY. 



Confidence of natives — Bishop Tozer — Withdrawal of the Mission 

 party — The English leave — Hazardous voyage to Mosanibiqne — 

 Dr. Livingstone's voyage to Bombay — Keturn to England. 



We were delighted and thankful to find all those left at 

 the ship in good health, and that from the employments in 

 which they had been occupied they had suffered less from 

 fever than usual during our absence. My companion, 

 Thomas Ward, the steward, after having performed his 

 part in the march right bravely, rejoined his comrades 

 stronger than he had ever been before. 



An Ajawa chief, named Kapeni, had so much confi- 

 dence in the English name that be, with most of his 

 people, visited the ship ; and asserted that nothing would 

 give his countrymen greater pleasure than to receive the 

 associates of Bishop Mackenzie as their teachers. This 

 declaration, coupled with the subsequent conduct of the 

 Ajawa, was very gratifying, inasmuch as it was clear that 

 no umbrage had been taken at the check which the Bishop 

 had given to their slaving ; their consciences had told 

 them that the course he bad pursued was right. 



When we returned, the contrast between the vegetation 

 about Muazi's and that near the ship was very striking. 

 We had come so quickly down, that while on the plateau in 

 latitude 12° S., the young leaves had in many cases passed 

 from the pink or other colour they have on first coming 



