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SPEECH OF Oh. LIVINGSTON at KESpAL-
Abridged froD "e n M--aury
public meeting was held IN Friday, Dec. II, In
the Assembly room, Wnitrbdl Buildings TO wei.
come DIR Lisipgston On bis re,uru f. thjs country,
atof an absence Of sixteen years. and 70 hear from
ms own hps some OF tue p.ricul,rs OF hts poriious
journey across the eootee.t Of Africa, ffom Losado
on the west to Quillimane on the east The chair
was takes by the Mayor, who introduced DR.. Lii
Dr. LIVINGSTON, on risieg, was received With
great cheering. He APOLOGIZE for his wait OF
huency IN the English language from the fact that
no scarcely had spoken II for sixteen years, and
that he had become 30 accustomed to the
that be now sometimes thodght in Ii waea
he spoke in English. rne firm Of Southern
Africa was that of u c'ns, which he supposed
deviated lengthwsys into three parasitic eastern,
occupied by the Caffres; the middle, by the Be.
chaanes, who were of The same family, whose c0aa-
try being level was consequently dry and unfit 70
agriculture. they sccoiongy depended on cattle
while the west side Of .bivt wa desert aud Ocou
pied py the Bushmen, totally different race, unset
Ted ia Their habits, and re ,dy 10 move from plao
to place on any OCCASION, aDd VIII cOald subsst on
roofs. They are exc--n' hun O. 8, for they study
the habits Of the wild brss :; they are very acute
though the mos, degraded If the African race The
country twenty degrees south OF the line was dry;
there WIS no rivers yet il WAS not like the desert
Sinai, because there were tres Instead OF rivers
the had wells which supplied hem with water and
which they showed great Ingenuity 10 conce aiing
both from wild animas aud e1emies. To effect this
they TOOK piece OF caue, and fastening to the end
OF bunch OF grass, placed 1t into the we'll and
then bited II up. To ibis rahe they applied their
mouths, and drawing mp he water, il dropped BY
an opening into an ostrich egg. Each woman, when
she came TO the well, brought about twenty ostrich
eggs to be filed win water and carrying the "a
home buried them in the earth titled needed. lie
had Often beeu kindly supplied with water from
these ostrich eggs He hid lived In the county of
the Bechuanes for seven or eight years IN the fur
thess remote station Of the London Missionary Soci
ETY.. The country abounded 9TH game, and there
he bad met often with Gordon Canning, whose oil
lection Was exhibiting in this country. The chief Of
the trbo, Sechele, was he bel eyed, tine convert
There be had spread the koo siedge Of the gospel.
and the seed sown would not be lost. There would
have been many moro who would have Aasu med
q PROGRESSION, but fear OF the Beers prevented
them. The Beers Che explalned) were not the re.
but set OF laWless persons who ACKNOWLEDGED no
government, but endeavo,ed 10 enrich them selves
BY intesceptiDg all the trade with the natives that
Lived beyond them, ana making slaves OF the ma
BechuADes had none and they were thus enabled 70
pereec&te than In every form. The BechUanes were
traditioaaay pious, and they believed their fore
fathers had fled thither To escape persecution IN 4
enjoy Liberty of conscience. The Bechuaues resem-
bled tho Society of Friends in their hatred Of var;
but, being of,on illused, they had attacked tho
Beers without bis kno@ledee, and he had been
blamed for assisting them. He had leat Thorn pot
which the Beers repor,et TO the commissioners TO
be q cannon, and five muskets they had bought from
some traders was reported t. be 500; and thus they
compromised him with the government lndvi-
duaily, the Beers were kind. but 10 conclave
they carried out the worst desgns The chief
Of the Recbuanes (JeGhrle) asked him II his
forefather knew good from evil, and where the
bad men wtnt after deasbs He (the mission
sry) answered in sne affirmative. Then. said
a N hay mi NM tba tn thaU linn
before this7 II dificntt tn this question:
80 Inc told them that they had began to preach the
gospel Ia the south and we're carrying II to the
north. Sechee said II VS. Impossible to carry IL TO
the north. II was all desert, which even the ma
tves could only in soine seasons, when there
had been much moisture, and the water melons
aboundeo; yet that desert bad been crossed by him
[Dr. Lyingston), aud by his wife. After the dis
covery Of the Lake Ngami, he resolved TO open MP
road into the Interior of Africa and for this purpose
he sent his wife and family TO England. He accom-
panied them TO the Cape and his return he found
his station pundered, add Ell his books torn ani de-
stroyed. he had now nothing to care for, he had
only TO prosecute the OBJECT on which he had
set his heart-tte opening mp OF the centre OF
Africa. either from tbs west or from the east
Here the doctor gave beautiful account of the
mission siy enterprise. deDysp t,at It sacrifice
10 90 10 the heatcen only Christ had made che
sacrifice, rot us lie encouraged young men TO re
feet on the subject. and 10 commit their wayt
God and he would direct their steps" As he wen
north ward he came % the true negro family. 7Iis
the country from t,hich ,ce deysred or siare
an tggune years and from which Cuba and Bra.s
sl,sc uhaf slarss ,oe,s landed fheir coasts IL
prssrt dap. This exceedingly rich country,
mot arid and burnt up ike what It il 20 degree
south but country full Of rivers Before they 20
70 far north their cattle were sometimes four days
without water now, within 20 degrees Of the iine,
they lad wnter often during the day. and always
rested at night by some stream OF water Az he I'D.
vanced towards Loando, he found that no road could
be made into the interior fvom the west coast the
tmDasaaNlf
for wagon. lie had accordingly TO turn his at
tenticn 20 the east coat OF Africa, and retrace his
steps to the point from which he started TO 90
westward. He now followed the course OF the
Ambcsi a river larger tnsn The Thames at London,
which fswc through country which might be de.
scrbed as great holo@. This river had many
names In ita course but they all signided 1.-THE river
The vegetation in the valley through which IL flowed
was 30 rank that. sitting on bullocks back. you
had TO hold stick In your hand to knock aside the
tall grass; and the climbing plants were 30 strong,
and hanging from the trees In such Quantities that
the hack Of his T~is rirer resembles fht rirer
Nile ~ its periodic orcrftoscings. and the rinoges,
hike fho@ Of Egypt, are al hull on eminsncss.
canoes over the country $50 miles The higher
ridges OF this river are healthy, and il is upon
one OF these ridges that he (Dr. lvingston) had
chosen a station for the mission. The rise of
the country from the river is 80 gentle that
you only know that yen are elevated by the
dif5brent plants that grow. he described some very
curious falls on the riser above which IL Is nayga
HE $50 miles and 500 miles below, 10 that, by this
river they could penctrss nearly 500 miles into the
interior. The country was very fertile-the quanti
lies Of raw material which II could export was i'm
mense-the ivory was hing rotting-the beeswax
was also brought down In grea. quantities TO the
eoes- He next entered into great variety of state
ments regarding Port Natal, and the proposal 10
draw awayf the Caffres and introduce Coolies-the
manner In which the sugar cane was cultivated IN
the Mauritins, and the profit that it yielded the
preference Of free labor " slave labor-the wages
which could he earned in Affics and the Maurit.us,
and concluded by showing that cotton could be cul-
tiyated by tree labor a. well a. sugar
Americans ut Enstisn Guest Dfnncss.
Prom the Ioadou We.Hy D~spston, Dec, "a
Some surprise il expressed at the announcement Of
plain private American citizens destitute Of official
rank being invited TO dine with the Queen. We are
told that this Is tho result ~ The advice Min
Lstry America il first Power in the world. II il
her policy--the very principle OF her constitution
" have no artificial dist'nctoni OF rank: The