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in my mind ; so much so, that when we actually came to the 
lake, this idea occupied such a large portion of my mental 
vision, that the actual discovery seemed but of little import- 
ance. On the first of August, 1849, we came to the north- 
east end of Lake Ngami, , . , and for the first time, 
this fine-looking sheet of water was beheld by Europeans." 
After this discovery, Dr. Livingstone returned to the Cape, 
and having accomplished one or two other short journeys, 
sent his wife and family to England, while he started afresh 
on a journey of discovery. He hoped to meet Mrs. Living- 
stone in England, two years from that time ; but, as it turned 
out, five years were spent in toilsome exploration before the 
severed ones met again. During that interval, the traveller 
journeyed from Cape Town to St. Paul de Loanda, in 
Angola, on the West Coast, and from there, across Southern 
Central Africa, to Quilimane, on the East Coast. During 
this journey he discovered the Zambesi, and conceived the 
idea of opening up the country to European commerce. 
He then came to England, and recounted the story of his 
discoveries. He told of long stretches of luxuriant country, 
of noble rivers, of magnificent trees, of friendly chiefs, of 
kindly disposed natives, and of a region awaiting the light 
of truth. As he told his wonderful story in the hesitancy 
of speech which characterized one who had long for- 
gotten his mother-tongue, the enthusiasm of multitudes was 
aroused on behalf of African research and African missions. 
After issuing this story in a volume, he returned to Africa 
on March loth, 1858, to follow up the discoveries he had 
made ; explored the Shire, and Zambesi, afresh, sailed over 
Lake Nyassa, and journeyed to the Makololo country. 
During this tour, he suffered bereavement by losing his 
faithful wife. Mrs. Livingstone had sailed to the East 
Coast in the Gorgon, with some members of the Universities' 
