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four hours. The Cardinal's large jovial mouth, 

 turned-up pimply nose, bright astute eyes, with 

 some fire lurking in them, and broad bold front, 

 all seemed to correspond well with the outward 

 insignia of the worldly rank he had achieved, and 

 with all the environments — comfortable throne-like 

 arm-chair, champagne chalice, green hock glass 

 and "all other delicacies." He was my-lorded by 

 his flock ; I of course gave him only his Italian 

 honour, as ' Your Eminence ' — with the distinc- 

 tion. The priests, as they passed his Eminence 

 to take their places at the table, reverentially 

 stooped and kissed his hand. They maintained 

 a modest silence during the dinner. I was hon- 

 oured by a fair share of the Cardinal's discourse, 

 both before, at, and after dinner. ... He is a 

 very clever man of the world, and knows well the 

 weak points of both Romanism and Anglicanism. 

 I have just returned from greeting and shaking 

 the hand of a very different man, Dr. Livingstone, 

 the African missionary and traveller ; he is at 

 this moment with Sir Roderick Murchison and the 

 Secretary of the Geographical Society, at Arrow- 

 smith's, the great map-man, where I left him before 

 a table overspread with the traveller's map, and 

 plans of his route across Central Africa from west 

 to east — the greatest achievement in that field 

 of exploration that has yet been done. Living- 

 stone is looking less aged and worn than I ex- 

 pected. I recognised his bronzed features imme- 



