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Among the Barotse. 
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who live by their " craft ! " The power of those men is very 
great, but "God is stronger than His foes." Surely I can but 
say, " All my springs are in Thee ; " for this work is too great 
for me. 
I hope to have an opportunity of sending out letters again, in 
five or six months' time, when I shall be better able to speak of 
the people, etc. 
As to my own soul's prosperity in this great country, I still ask 
for your prayers in a special way. I had thought that, being 
alone and away from all controversies, and many other evil 
influences, I should attain to a more spiritual and devoted state ; 
but I have learnt that the one drag to a soul's communion with 
God is a thing tied to it — this old dead self, which, in the absence 
of Christian fellowship, is more inclined to increase in bulk in 
my solitude than to diminish. Yet, thinking of all, I can but 
magnify the grace and the wisdom of God. 
It is now seven months since I got news of any kind from the 
old country, and close on twelve months since I saw any periodical. 
I am quite shut in here; and, like Noah, have but the one window. 
The weakness resulting from the fever is lingering and depressing; 
but I trust soon to get over it. Excuse my shaky writing. 
SETTING OUT FOR THE BAROTSE CAPITAL. 
Leshuma, October i2>th, 1882. — I have started again for the 
upper river, and am thankful to say, feeling better than I expected. 
My appetite is good, and I sleep well. I hope to have another 
opportunity of sending letters in five or six months, or it may 
be a year. Do not, however, be anxious. If I reach the Barotse 
king's I will try and send letters out by the American Mission at 
Bihe, which may be a better route ; it is but a few weeks' journey 
from Lealui — the king's town. 
I crossed the seventy miles of desert country between Panda- 
ma-tenka and this place, with the assistance of a bullock waggon 
and oxen belonging to Mr. Westbeech. The young Dutchman 
who drove could not take me further than Leshuma, twelve miles 
from the Zambesi. My goods, however, had all gone on with 
the Shesheke men some five weeks before, so I was able to start 
for the river with the assistance of a few Bushmen, though in a 
very weak condition. I was only able to walk for about one mile 
