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STANLEY FINDS THE LOST EXPLORER. 
He formed, indeed, a high estimate of his character, though, 
he fully believed, a just one. 
“Dr. Livingstone,’' he says, “is about sixty years old. His hair 
has a brownish color, but here* and there streaked with grey lines 
over the temples. His beard and moustache are very grey. His 
eyes, which are hazel, are remarkably bright; he has a sight keen as 
a hawk’s. His frame is a little over the ordinary height; when walk¬ 
ing, he has a firm but heavy tread, like that of an over-worked or 
fatigued man. I never observed any spleen or misanthrophy about 
him. 
“He has a fund of quiet humor, which he exhibits at all times 
when he is among friends. During the four months I was with him 
I noticed him every evening making most careful notes. His maps 
evince great care and industry. He is sensitive on the point of being 
doubted or criticized. His gentleness never forsakes him, his hope¬ 
fulness never deserts him; no harassing anxiety or distraction of 
mind, though separated from home and kindred, can make him com¬ 
plain. He thinks all will come out right at last, he has such faith in 
the goodness of Providence. 
A REMARKABLE MEMORY. 
“Another thing which especially attracted my attention was 
his wonderfully retentive memory. His religion is not of the theo¬ 
retical kind, but it is constant, earnest, sincere, practical; it is neither 
demonstrative nor loud, but manifests itself in a quiet, practical 
way, and is always at work. In him religion exhibits its loveliest 
features; it governs his conduct not only towards his servants, but 
towards the natives. I observed that universal respect was paid to 
him; even the Mahommedans never passed his house without call¬ 
ing to pay their compliments, and to say: ‘The blessing of God rest 
on you!’ 
“Every Sunday morning he gathers his little flock around him, 
and reads prayers and a chapter from the Bible in a natural, 
unaffected, and sincere tone, and afterwards delivers a short address 
in the Kisawahili language, about the subject read to them, which 
is listened to with evident interest and attention. 
