518 LIFE OF DA VID LIVINGSTONE, LL.D. 



have grown with the growth of the tree, and broadened by the lapse of time, 

 as has the fame of their owner." 



The family of Neil Livingstone erected a tombstone to the memory of 

 their parents in the Hamilton Cemetery. The inscription on it is one of the 

 most touching we remember ever to have seen. We cannot resist giving a 

 copy of it : — 



TO SHOW THE RESTING-PLACE 



OF NEIL LIVINGSTONE 



AND AGNES HUNTER; 



AND TO EXPRESS 



THE THANKTULNESS TO GOD 



OF THEIR CHILDREN, 



JOHN, DAVID, JANET, CHARLES, 



AND AGNES,' 

 FOR POOR AND PIOUS PARENTS. 



Of this family, the best known to the general public are dead. 



Dr. Livingstone's eldest brother John is still alive. He emigrated to 

 North America in early life, and settled at Listowel, twenty-five miles from 

 Niagara falls, as a farmer and storekeeper. He is a man of energetic charac- 

 ter, and has done much towards the improvement of a large tract of country 

 all but unreclaimed when he entered it. Like all the other members of his 

 family, he is respected for his humble and unobtrusive piety, and for his 

 uprightness and worth as a man of the world. An indefatigable representa- 

 tive of the "New York Herald" visited and interviewed him in 1872, and 

 treated the readers of the "Herald" to a graphic account of the old gentle- 

 man and his surroundings, when Mr. Stanley and his discovery of Livingstone 

 were attracting universal attention. 



Charles, Dr. Livingstone's younger brother, and his loved companion in 

 the brief holiday hours of his boyhood, was educated for the ministry, and 

 was for a good many years pastor of one of the New England Presbyterian 

 churches. He shared the adventurous spirit of his brother, Dr. Livingstone, 

 and, as we have seen, accompanied him on his second expedition to the Zam- 

 besi. Returning to England, he was appointed one of H. M. Consuls to the 



