234 LIFE OF DA VID LIVINGSTONE, LL.D. 



ceding his arrival the Times informed the country that — " The Rev. Dr. 

 Livingstone had arrived at Marseilles from Tunis, on the 6th inst., and was 

 then in good health ; his left arm is, however, broken and partly useless, it 

 having been torn by a lion. When he was taken on board the Frolic on the 

 Mozambique coast, he had great difficulty in speaking a word of English, 

 having disused it so long while travelling in Africa. He had with him a 

 native from the interior of Africa. This man, when he got to the Mauritius, 

 was so excited with the steamers, and various wonders of civilization, that he 

 went mad, and jumped into the sea and was drowned. Dr. Livingstone had 

 been absent from England seventeen years. He crossed the great African 

 continent almost in the centre, from west to east, has been where no civilized 

 being has ever been before, and has made many notable discoveries of great 

 value. He travelled in the twofold character of missionary and physician, 

 having obtained a medical diploma. He is rather a short man, with a pleas- 

 ing and sex'ious countenance, which betokens the most determined resolution. 

 He continued to wear the cap which he wore while performing his wonderful 

 travels. On board the Candia, in which he voyaged from Alexandria to Tunis, 

 he was remarkable for his modesty and unassuming manners. He never 

 spoke of his travels except in answer to questions. The injury to his arm was 

 sustained in the desert while travelling with a friendly tribe of Africans. A 

 herd of lions broke into their camp at night, and carried off some of their 

 cattle. The natives, in their alarm, believed that a neighbouring tribe had 

 bewitched them. Livingstone taunted them with suffering their losses through 

 cowardice, and they then turned to face and hunt down the enemy. The 

 Doctor shot a lion, which dropped wounded. It afterwards sprang on him, 

 and caught him by the arm, and, after wounding two natives who drew it off 

 him, it fell down dead. The wounded arm was not set properly, and Dr. 

 Livingstone suffered excruciating agony in consequence." 



