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attempts ; but I trust that experience will render the next more suc- 

 cessful. I shall not, at this late hour, read Mr. Gabriel's very interest- 

 ing communication, but limit myself to stating the fact it announces, 

 which proves that the inland tribes are anxious to open up a commu- 

 nication with the coast, and shows how correctly Dr. Livingstone calculated 

 the result. 



I wish to mention another result of Dr. Livingstone's visit. At Loanda 

 we had but one small newspaper ; the Doctor wrote a series of articles for it, 

 which appears to have stimulated a literary taste, and you here see the 

 " Loanda Aurora, a literary journal," printed at the Government press, and, 

 I believe, one of the fruits of Dr. Livingstone's visit to that city. 



The President : I have now only to congratulate the meeting upon 

 having received so much instruction from Dr. Livingstone. I may well say 

 he has communicated to us the outlines of a book, which I hope will soon be 

 published for the information of the British public. I am glad to add that 

 there is no person fuller of gratitude to the Portuguese than Dr. Livingstone 

 himself. If he has not here expatiated upon that subject, I can testify that 

 in private letters which he has addressed to me, he has uniformly dwelt 

 upon the very kind and liberal conduct of the Portuguese authorities, officers, 

 and people to himself and party. He was also most kindly received by 

 General Hay, commanding Her Majesty's forces in the Mauritius, and 

 restored to health by the hospitality of our countryman. 



Next day the London Missionary Society honoured him with a public 

 reception in Freemason's Hall, and in the evening he was entertained at a 

 dinner by the Society at the Milton Club, Ludgate Hill. Both gatherings 

 were attended by a numerous and distinguished assemblage. At the latter, 

 Mrs. Livingstone was present in the gallery, and received a share in the 

 ovation with her husband. 



A great meeting was held in the Egyptian Hall, Mansion House, the 

 Lord Mayor in the chair, for the purpose of raising a fund towards presenting 

 a testimonial to Dr. Livingstone. Upwards of £450 was subscribed in the 

 room. This sum was ultimately raised to one thousand guineas. In Scotland 

 a special Livingstone Testimonial Fund was instituted, and £1000 col- 

 lected. Addresses poured in upon the great traveller from all quarters. The 

 Universities of Oxford and Cambridge conferred the degree of D.C.L. and 

 LL.D. on him respectively. In his own country — Edinburgh, Glasgow, 

 Hamilton &c, presented him with the freedom of their corporations, and 

 entertained him at banquets, &c, &c. The Geographical Society of France 

 presented him with the gold medal for the year, and throughout the civilized 

 world the magnitude and importance of his discoveries were ungrudgingly 

 admitted, while the dauntless intrepidity of his character and the manly sim- 

 plicity of his bearing tended greatly to enhance the general estimate of his 



