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Angola, and from that time up to the present, I have been in the habit of 

 receiving from him letters manifesting the deepest interest in the Doctor's 

 progress in the interior of Africa. I wish to mention these facts in justice to 

 Mr. Gabriel, because on my arrival the other day in England, I received a 

 letter from him simultaneously with Dr. Livingstone's arrival, in which he 

 expresses the utmost anxiety for the Doctor's safety. I have written, and a 

 letter is now on its way to Loanda, announcing the Doctor's safe arrival 

 among us. But it is not only to Mr. Gabriel that I would allude ; for when 

 Dr. Livingstone arrived at Loanda, I was delighted to hear how he had been 

 received by the Portuguese. I resided nearly nine years among this people, 

 and I can testify that I never received greater acts of kindness from any other 

 nation, than from them. I had among them some of my best friends, whose 

 friendship was unequivocally tested under trials and' in sickness, and I was 

 delighted to hear that the same kindness which I had experienced at their 

 hands had been experienced by Dr. Livingstone. I am glad to have this 

 opportunity of testifying, in the presence of the Portuguese Minister, my 

 gratitude for the kindness I received from his countrymen during my 

 residence in the province of Angola. 



But the consequences resulting from Dr. Livingstone's journey, are 

 calculated to contribute so much to the interests of the Portuguese African 

 Colonies, that I am sure in time, they will be more than repaid for the kind- 

 ness they showed him. Dr. Livingstone's arrival at Angola I look upon, as 

 one of those opportune events, which sometimes have an important influence 

 on the destinies of a country ; at no period could such a visit have been more 

 fortunate. The minds of men were unsettled in consequence of the depressed 

 condition of the peculiar traffic which had so long been paramount, and the 

 attention of thinking persons was turned to legitimate trade and the develop- 

 ment of the resources of the country. Farther, the Portuguese Government 

 had passed a measure for registering and gradually emancipating the slaves 

 in their colonies. Those who take an interest in the progress of the African 

 race will be glad to hear of this fact. 



Dr. Livingstone arrived about this time, and showed that by opening up 

 a communication with the interior of Africa, a rich trade might be carried on, 

 that would more than compensate for the loss the colony was likely to sustain 

 from the abolition of the slave trade. The Doctor prophesied that, very soon 

 after his journey had become generally known, an attempt would be made on 

 the part of the tribes in the interior, to communicate with the coast. This 

 prophecy has been fulfilled ; for I learn from a communication from Mr. 

 Gabriel that a caravan of negroes, fitted out by Sekeletu and led by one of 

 the Arabs, who crossed from the coast of Zanzibar to Benguela in 1851, had 

 arrived at Loanda by way of Bihe. This expedition has not, it would seem, 

 been very profitable, owing to causes incident, I should hope, only to first 



