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Central Africa. 
Robert is gone with Stanley, but I being stop (/.^., am 
staying) " in Uganda translating the Bible." 
Another important mission in Eastern Central Africa is 
that known as the Universities' Mission. It arose from the 
appeal of Dr. Livingstone to the Universities of Oxford 
and Cambridge to send out agents and occupy one part of 
the country. Livingstone knew, from actual observation, 
that the field was large enough for all societies to work in ; 
further, that so much remained to be done in the way of 
Christian effort, that no one society, however rich or well- 
organized, could overtake it. Oxford and Cambridge 
responded heartily to the summons, and with them, the 
sister Universities of Dublin, and Durham. A staff of 
clergymen, accompanied by a doctor, handicraftsmen, and 
various workers, were selected and superintended by Bishop 
Mackenzie, first Bishop of Central Africa. 
A valedictory service was held in Canterbury Cathedral, 
on Oct. 2oth, i860, and shortly afterwards the party sailed, 
arriving at the mouth of the Zambesi, with stores sufficient 
for a year, in February, 1861. They were bound to the 
highlands of the Nyassa and Zambesi district ; but the 
Portuguese and Arabs, who were diligently pursuing the 
slave-trade in those regions, placed every obstacle in their 
path. Dr. Livingstone accompanied the party up the 
Zambesi, and Shire rivers, to the spot fixed on as desirable 
for a settlement, and on the way released two or three 
droves of slaves from their cruel captors. This was only 
done at the expense of bloodshed and ill-feeling, so that as 
a consequence the success of the mission was somewhat 
imperilled. The first station was formed at Mangomero, 
among the Maganja tribe, upon the invitation of the chief 
Chigunda. A tribe of .Ajawas lived near, famous for 
their slave-stealing propensities, and very obnoxious to 
