The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1857-01-22
DIR. LivingStOne's Exploration of Africa,

ouruihS sun. lie hesitates In speaking, ha:
apecuiar accent, is at a loss sometimes fol
a word, and the words of his sentences are
occasionally inverted. His language is
however, good, and he has an immense FUND
OF most valuable and interesting informa
ton, which he communicates most freely
lie is in good health and spirits. His left
arm, which was broken by lion, is improp
erly set, defect which he will endeavor tc
get corrected while he is in England. He
has an affection Of the uvula, which will
prevent him from speaking much in public
for the present. This affection has been
brought on by preaching in the open air in
Africa. If he now speaks much he loses
his voice, notwithstanding that he submit
ted to an operation in Africa 10 enable him
to speak in public.
He has scarcely spoken the English Ian.
guage for the last sixteen years. he lived
with tribe Of Bechuanas, far in the iute-
rior, for eight years, guiding them in the
paths Of virtue, knowledge and religion. He,
in conjunction with Mr.. Oswald, discovered
the magnificent Lake Ngami, in the inte-
rior of Africa. lie traced by himself the
| course of the great river ZRmGesia, in East
ern Africa, and explored one of the extensive
and arid deserts Of the African continent
In the interior of that continent he reached
the eighth degree Of southern latitude, that
is, twenty-s degrees north of the Cape Of
Good Hope, far beyond the range Of any
former traveller. The Lake Ngami is far
to the west of the hunting grounds of Cor
don Cumming. Livingstone was in those
grounds when the Lion slayer was there,
and they both met often. Livingstone never
could make :he Africans believe or under
stand that his countryman came for sport.
| They thought he came for meat, which he
could not get at home.
The last news that Dr. Livingstone heard
from Europe, while far away from the coast,
was when he was near Loando. He then
read of the battle of Balaklava. 1t was a
twelvemonth before he heard further news.
| The wife of the Doctor is the daughter of
Mr.. Moifatt, the civlizer Of the Bechuana
nation. Moffatt had lost sight Of his SON.
in law for some time and attempted to cross
into the interior to see what was become Of
him. He failed TO reach him, however,
but he sent on by friendly tribes package
OF books, newspapers, and letters. This
package was brought to the southern banks
of river which separated two hostile
tribes. Livingstone was then living far TO
the north of this river. Tho Soutlrons
called TO the Mortimer, and told them that
they had somo property belonging 10 the
| Doctor, who was held in great respect by
cross over for it, saying that the books and
papers contained witchcraft medicine. "Ve-
| ry WELL" said the Southrons, 1--WE leave
them here, and if they are lost, on your
heads the blame will fall" They then re.
tired. The Mortimer thought better of it.,
crossed over placed the parcel on AN island
in the river, and built hut over it. Twelve
months afterwards DIR. Livingstone found
the parcel there safe. The Doctor has been
struck down by African fever upwards of
thirty times. He has constantly slept in
the open air in the most unwholesome cli-
mates, and he has travelled over "sands, and
shores, and desert wildernesses," with no
earthly defence, he says, save his own right
arm, but under the protection of the Al
mighty. 1t is impossible TO talk with the
Doctor without discovering that he has a
brave heart, aud possesses quiet and endur
ing energy.
DIR. Livingstone explored the country OF
| the true negro race. He saw a multitude
of tribes of Africans, and several races,
many of whom had never seen white man
until he visited them. They all had re-
| li2ion, believed in an existence after death,
wot'' pped idols, and performed religious
cerem as u grove and woods. They
~, ie.eu themselves superior TO white
/ men, who could not speak their language.
| | L.
cause many tribes in Africa believed that
the souls of their chiefs migrated into the
bodies OF those animals. These natives
clapped their hands together whenever they
saw lions, to cheer and honor them. The
Doctor and Mr.. Oswald discovered the Lake
Ngami by stratagem. The natives south
OF the lake always directed travellers TO it
in straight line, which was at most times
through an arid desert, which could not be
traversed. Messrs. Oswald and Livingstone
skirted this desert, and thus reached the
lake, which was exactly where the natives
pointed 10 it, by circutous route. Far
north he found country abounding in
game, though at some parts the game had
been thinned by the natives who had been
supplied with firearms by the Portuguese.
a. The time when DR.. Livingstone was
supposed to have been lost, owing TO the
ship which contained his dispatches found
ering at Madeira, he was then in the inte
rlor of the country trying to seek road to
the sea coast. A chief was anxious to open
a communication with the coast for the
purpose Of trading, and the doctor and a
large number of the chiefs subjects were
seeking the means Of doing it. The diff
Guilty consisted in finding route for vehi
cies' on account Of the marshy state of the
country lie describes the language of the
Decn uanas, amongst whom he lived, as re-
markaoIy sweet and expressive. 1t ha.
! none OF the clicking sound which distin
gTishes the Bosjesman language. Th,
whole OF the dialects of the African tribe
have affinites one with another n circum