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[Feb. 13, 1858. 
ordinary man, to tlie winds, and reconducted those poor natives who 
had accompanied him through the heart of the country hack to their 
homes ! — thus by his noble and courageous conduct leaving for him- 
self in that country a glorious name, and proving to the people 
of Africa what an English Christian is. ( Loud and long continued 
cheering.') 
So much for the character of the man of whom, as a Scotch- 
man, I am justly proud; and now a few words with regard to 
his present expedition, of which I may say that no enterprise 
could have been better organized than it has been, under the 
recommendation of my distinguished friend, aided by the counte- 
nance and hearty co-operation of Lord Clarendon, and the very 
judicious arrangements of Captain Washington, the Hydrographer of 
the Admiralty, on whom fortunately has fallen the chief labour of 
its organization. ( Loud cheer si) The naval officer of the expedition 
is Commander Bedingfeld, a man well known to geographers for 
his successful explorations of the coast and rivers of Western Africa, 
especially the Congo, and my dear friend will no doubt receive sub- 
stantial assistance from that gallant officer. (Cheers.) Dr. Kirk, 
of Edinburgh, an accomplished botanist, zoologist, and physiologist, 
also accompanies the expedition ; whilst my clever young friend 
Kichard Thornton will, I doubt not, do good service as the mining 
geologist. (Cheers.) Mr. Baines, too, whose previous travels in 
Africa and North Australia and striking sketches are well known 
to the public, will be there ; and last but not least in usefulness 
among the members of the expedition let me mention Mrs. Living- 
stone. (Loud and long continued cheering.) 
When I remember the efforts which have been made in the cause 
of Christianity and for the diffusion of knowledge by that exemplary 
lady (loud cheers ), when I know how she, the daughter of that faith- 
ful missionary, the venerable Moffat, has educated her children, and 
when I see the spirit with which she is again going to cross the 
broad seas and to share all the toils and perils of her husband, I 
cannot but think that the services of Mrs. Livingstone (acquainted 
as she is with many of the languages of South Africa) will tend 
materially to the success of the expedition. (Loud and protracted 
cheering.) 
But, Gentlemen, I would not, however, wish you to raise your 
hopes too high as to the immediate results of this expedition, 
which is in truth one of an exploratory character only. It is, in 
fact, merely the sowing of the seed which, under God’s Providence, 
may produce an abundant harvest. We must not look to a sudden 
importation of indigo or of cotton, and those raw materials which 
