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Seven Years in Central Africa. [April, 1885. 
is open there, but it seems as if it were not. This Garenganze 
route appears to be the one for my return into the interior, 
and I start on it with joy and gladness, not knowing that I shall 
ever reach that place, nor what may be found for me to do by the 
way. 
I can say honestly that I have no plan to follow out, but 
am fully persuaded that it is necessary to remain in some place, 
so that one's message may be rightly known and understood. 
Whether that place be the Garenganze, or somewhere short of it, 
God knoweth. I trust He will guide me, and I earnestly entreat 
special prayer for this. 
Ere you receive this letter I hope to have left Benguella. I 
have enough, according to human foresight, to provide all things 
honestly, and all things necessary, for two years to come. For 
this I heartily thank our God. May I hold all as His, seeking 
grace to spend every yard of calico to profit, and to His 
glory. I purpose starting from Bihe with about forty loads — a 
very small caravan for Africa, as the usual number of carriers 
is about 200 or 300. 
A Typical Carrier. 
