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proposed to him that he should go out again, although 
he seems to have had a desire to spend the remainder of 
his days at home, the prospect was too tempting to be 
rejected. He was appointed Her Majesty’s Consul to 
Central Africa without a salary, and Government con¬ 
tributed only £500 to the expedition. True, Lord 
Palmerston sent him a message wishing to know what 
he could do for Livingstone; but the latter, entirely 
forgetful of self, and, unfortunately, of his family, asked 
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only that a treaty should be made with Portugal securing 
free access to the highlands by the Zambesi and Shire. 
The chief help came from private friends, to whom also 
his family had afterwards many obligations, for when 
Livingstone finished his work he had spent on it nearly 
all his available means, including the small sum for 
which he w T as able to sell the Lady Nyassa. During 
the latter part of the expedition Government granted 
him £1000, but that too, when he learned of it, was 
devoted to his great undertaking. This expenditure 
