578 LIFE OF DA VID LIVINGSTONE, LL.D. 



going from Zanzibar to Cazembe's, only three thousand dollars' worth are 

 required by a trader, say between £600 or £700, and he may be away three 

 or more years — paying his way, giving presents to the chiefs, and filling two 

 or three hundred mouths. He has paid for, say fifty muskets, ammunition, 

 flints, and may return with four thousand pounds of ivory, and a number of 

 slaves for sale — all at an outlay of £600 or £700. "With the experience I 

 have gained now, I could do all I shall do in this expedition for a like sum, 

 or at least for £1000 less than it will actually cost me." 



The perfect unanimity which characterises the experience of all who 

 have been engaged in missionary labour in Africa, as to the necessity for 

 special attention being given to the training of native converts for the work 

 of the Christian ministry, is a subject of vital importance to the future wel- 

 fare of this great Continent ; and it is to be hoped that it will receive that 

 attention from the Churches at home which its importance demands- 



