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glad the mission was under a bishop, “ he had seen so 
much idleness and folly result from missionaries being- 
left to themselves/’ 1 ' 
After exploring the river Rovuma for thirty miles in 
his new vessel the Pioneer, Livingstone and the mission¬ 
aries proceeded up the Shire to Chibisa’s; there they 
found the slave trade rampant, desolating the country, 
and paralysing all effort. What was not long ago a 
SLAVE STICKS. 
peaceful and fertile region was now covered with burnt 
Villages, terrified natives, bodies of murdered slaves, 
gangs of slaves in " slave-sticks ” and manacles, and 
all kinds of lawlessness and cruelty. On July 15, 
Livingstone, accompanied by several native carriers, 
started to show the bishop the country. Several bands 
of slaves whom they met were liberated and attached to 
the mission, and it was found without doubt that the raids 
were authorised by the Portuguese governor of Tette. 
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