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effects, and he promised to convey them to his head-quarters, where they might 

 locate themselves. But this was not to be: these great men but met to 

 part, and that for ever. The intrepid chief whose liberal notions had enabled 

 Livingstone to push thus far into the interior of the country, was stricken 

 with inflammation of the lungs, and died after a few days' illness. On the 

 Sunday afternoon on which he died, Livingstone visited him, taking his boy 

 Robert with him. " Come near," he said, " and see if I am any longer a 

 man : I am done." Arrived but recently amongst them, the great missionary 

 must have felt cut to the heart that he dare not deal as he would have wished 

 with him. He feared to attempt to arrest his malady in case he might be 

 blamed for causing his death if he had not succeeded in curing him. He 

 could only speak of the hope after death, and commend him to the care of 

 God. His last act was characteristic of the unselfish kindness of the man. 

 Raising himself from his prone position, he called a servant, and said, " Take 

 Robert to Manunku [one of his wives], and tell her to give him some milk." 



The death of Sebituane was a severe blow to Livingstone. Had he lived, 

 much that was to do which proved difficult, notwithstanding the friendliness 

 of his successor and his people, might have been earlier and more easily 

 accomplished had that noble and enlightened chief lived to second his efforts 

 and possibly share in his journey. " He was," Livingstone says, "the best 

 specimen of a native chief I ever met. I never felt so much grieved by the 

 loss of a black man before, and it was impossible not to follow him in thought 

 into the world of which he had just heard before he was called away, and to 

 realise somewhat of the feelings of those who pray for the dead. The deep, 

 dark question of what is to become of such as he must, however, be left where 

 we find it, believing that, assuredly the Judge of all the earth will do right." 

 From sources other than those supplied by Dr. Livingstone, we are enabled 

 to form a very high estimate of the wisdom and humanity of Sebituane. The 

 liberality of his government over the conquered tribes was equalled by his 

 generosity. His policy in war was to spare life as much as possible. If the 

 conquered chief submitted to his rule, he reinstated him in his position, and 

 made him the instrument of carrying out wise laws. At the time of his death 

 the tribes under his rule were living in peaceful and contented dependence. 

 His power was absolute over a wide tract of country, and his rule was so popu- 

 lar that no ambitious rival chief dared, while he lived, attempt to contest his 

 supremacy. 



Mr. Chapman thus speaks of Sebituane : — 



" He was not only one of the greatest warriors of his nation, but his 

 name is held in respect for his liberal government and generosity to his 

 enemies. He had subjected a great many tribes in these parts, fifteen of 

 which I have heard enumerated. His policy was generally to spare life as 

 much as possible ; but the conquered chief he would either kill, or, separating 



