56 LIFE OF DA VID LIVINGSTONE, LL.D. 



and civilized I have seen, the greater portion wearing clothes, and being able 

 to read and write. It was pleasant on Sunday to see them neatly and cleanly 

 clad going to church three times a day. In their tillage they are also making 

 rapid progress, and, having adopted European practices, instead of the hoe 

 they use the plough." 



From this stage in the career of Livingstone the character of his labour 

 was destined to be changed. There was to be henceforth for him no rest, and 

 no permanent place of abode. The mysteries of the unknown and untrodden 

 regions of Africa beckoned him onward, and he was possessed of all the 

 qualities needful for the work he was so eager to engage in. United to a 

 high courage and determined perseverance, there was in him an eager 

 longing for knowledge, which no difficulties could conquer; and when to 

 these qualities we add those which characterise the Christian of the purest 

 type, whose loving charity comprehended and embraced all God's creatures, 

 we have presented to us the highest example of the Christian hero and 

 gentleman. Before proceeding to follow up his career of discovery we will, 

 in the following chapter, gather together what brief records we can glean 

 of his labours as a missionary among the Bakwains. 



