Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1857-04-16

was, as you will see when you learn tha,
besides other diseases from which DR.. Liv.
ingstone suffered, he was thirty-one times
attacked by the fever which prevails in that
pestilential country. "But were there no
wild beasts there," Indeed there Iwere.-
There were lions, elephants, and buff loes
and rhinoceroses, by thousands and tens OF
| thousands, with many other kinds of fierce
creatures. In one part, :he lions are never
killed by the natives, for they believe that
the spirits of their forefsthers live in these
creatures. When. therefore, they see a
lion, they approach him with much respect,
clapping their hands. But they will not
trust themselves to these forefathers, for
they always sleep in the trees. But how" !"
you may ask ."did DR.. Livingstone get food
through this SO long, journey, for so many
peoplel" The answer is, that nearly the
whole way, they lived upon the wild game
that swarm IN the neighborhood of the wide
and beautiful river Zambesi, along which
DR.. Livipgstone Travelled He says that
never before had he seen such prodigious
herds OF elephants, g;raffes, zebras, ante
lopes, and other creatures, as abounded in
this new region; and as they had not been
much hunted or shot, they were compar a.
lively tame and easily killed. These, will.
birds innumerable, supplied their daily
wants. The favorite food of this region is
the flesh Of the zebra, and of the giraffe
That of the hippopotsmus resembles pork
while many of the antelopes make good ven-
ison. So numerous are those creatures,
that in two or three hours one man with
gun could procure food enough for many
days. This work DR.. Livingstone had often
to do. He calls himselfa bad marksman,
in consequence Of his broken arm. but he
has killed and wounded no less than egh-
teen wild ducks at one shot.
But the game occasionally escaped; for,
as he lay with his gun, looking over some
wide and fertile plain. waiting till the wild
creatures came within range of his gun he
has been so delighted with the sight of the
csuntless herds of beautiful animals 5rows-
ing in their native pastures, that he has let
them pass him without firing shot, and
returned without bringing home a breakfast
But such an employment is not always sport;
for some Of the game-the buffaloes in par
ticular-are very fierce, and il wounded, the v.
will attack men, and rush in:o their encmp-
ments, driving and tossing every thing be-
fore them. We must add, that during his
journey, DR.. Livingstone killed three kinds
of antelope that were unknown before.
THE COUNTRY.
The urty through which Dr. Living
stone 'rave,ed was very fruitful, and the
people, men. women, and children, all OF
whom are Industrious, were seen on every
side, ,workilg together in their gardens. We
can not describe the Productions of this
y-dscovered regi n, but it should be
said that many valuable plants grow wild
there; such as cotton, sugar-csne, indigo,
maize. and other kinds of corn, and many
m. dicnal plants, as senna and Peruvian
bark, with a multitude of others. Then
iron, copper, coal, and even gold, is found
there; for this some believe tS be the ancient
Ophir, from which Solomon obtained the
precious metal. Besides these valuable pro-
duct,ons, ivory is so abundant, that DR..
Livingstone saw no less than seventy ele-
phants' tusks stuck around the grave o. one
chief. Now that he has traced the great
river Zambesi from the center of africa
down to the coast, the country is opened to
the trader; and as the natives will gladly
change their beeswax. skins, I'd other ar
ticles for English manufactures, both We
any they will be much benefited by the dis
covery.
As you may suppose, there were many
strange things which DR.. Livingstone no.
ticed during his journey.
As he went toward Loanda, he found that
the MakoIoio who were with him, were
rather afraid 10 90 into the white mans
country, da they had been told that the
white men were cannibals, and only wanted
to get them into their ships to fatten and
eat them. But when the missionary took
them on board some of the vessels in the
harbor, and when the sailors treated them
kindly, talked to them freely, though not
word could be understood by either party.
and when part Of the dinner was given tu
them, all their fears fled away. One thing
struck them SO much, tha, when they re-
turned to Linyanti, they seemed as it they
could never have done telling the wonders
to their countrymen. Again and again Dr..
Livingstone heard them addressing the peo-
pie thus: sour forefathers told US the wor d
had no end, and We believed them But now
we have found that this is not true, tor we
have ourselves been to the worlds end ,and
when we got there, the world said to US, I'm
There is no more of me!' :or there
was nothing but sea-"
The DOOR OPEN.
But our space is done, and we can only
add that this great country is nov opened,
We trust, to the Gospel. The people, though
they do not at present understand the object
Of missionary, will gladly receive him, be-
cause he belongs TO the English nation
the tribe as they call us. 'thas loves the
black man, DR.. Lvinstone will soon re-
turn to the eastern part of Africa. where