New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-12-12

frequent excursions for the practices, collection Of
hDo~itdse On those branches. He still cOniia led
bic laoors In the factory, BY which during tue sam
ner mehths he WAS able 10 earn sufficient. for the
eIperte of attending the class in Greek ms,cine
and divinity, at Glasgow in the Winter. Having q.
length completed his medical course, he VS. sd
nited Gcentiate OF the Faculty of Physicians and
Surgeons, but the opium war which was theneseing
IN China frustrated his plan with regard "a thai
field ot N ssionsy operation and be 6n4' d-ci ed 70
Turn bis att ton toward Africa Accordingly, 81
ter giving bis last touch TO his theological studies in
England, be embarked for Cape Town in lao. ua7
der the direction Of the London Missionary Society
He plunged st once into the Bschusna country
and after various local explorations, in the year
ls43 established the seat of bis 10 scion in pleas
ant valley called M.oot.s dat 25o IA 8 long 26o
50 E) Here be msds friebds with ,hs tribe of
Bakwsins, whose Chief Sechele, lent frisndly ear
to bis Teachings, aud soon becsme sincere convert
10 Christianity. One of tie first obstacles he met
with in evspseliziDg the people was their rooted
faith in TIE power Of aveitiDg droughts to which
the country i, subject by certain magical incaata-
tons. The chief Sechsle himself Vas Q noted rain
doctor and believed implicitly in t,e sifs 1t Vas
harder for him to renounce tOis belief than anything
else wh CD Christianity required him TO abjdre. In
the second year Of Dr. Linn; stones resltenc, with
the tribe, 10 rsin fell The ihIfd was no better
The drought was so extraordinary, that not ten
inches OF water fell during those two years The
river was entirely dried up, and 30 many fish were
billed, that the crowds OF byenas which collected
from all parts of the country t. the feast we're not
rufficient to devour the reekiDg remains large
old alligator (crocode' YVES left high and dry in
the mud among the victims. The fourth year
brought but little improvement, the fall of rain be-
ing insufficient to ripen the grain. TIE bed Of the
river was dug down as the water recsded, with the
hope to get little to keep the fruit trees Alive, bat
without effect Needles lying out Of doors for
months did not rust. A mixture Of suphuric scid
ard water usei in galvanic Sstters, parted With
al IFS wster ~ the air, instead Of imblbing more
from it, as is usually the case. The leases Of the
native tree were all d;OopiDg, soft and shiiveed,
| thOue h not dead Those Of the min ,sa were closed
| at midday, the same as thsy are at night. Of tns
amin al creation, the ants alone retained thelr VI
vscty Beetles placed on tho surface OF the ground
| ded ia few seconds. But the lons-leggea black
ants ever seemed to tire their locomotive organs
showed the iame power tina. is ascroed 81 pby'l-
| olosists to the muscles Of the human heart; aud
what Was s.l more strange, they never appeared TO
suffer for lack Of moisture. Ia spite of the slltr'
weather, they we're able TO male mortar for the
| formation Of their galleries, ard when their inner
chsmbeis were lad open they we're always found
| surprisingly humid. There was no dew-shey had
| DO access TO the bed Of the rver-snd the author
was almost led to cor lecture that by their vital
force they could combine the oxygen and hydro
gen of their vegetable food as TO form water. Wish
the continuance Of the drought the superstition Of
| the Bakwains came into full plsy. Tney believed
that the missionary had bound their coief by some
magic SPELL and he received dsputasions from the
cd eouoselors, entreat ug him 10 allow Se,bele to
corjure down only few showers. They were as
eiduous i'll iteic own methods to bring the ought
to an end The rail- d, ctOrs use charcoal made OF
burned bats, the inspisssed deposit Of the noun
tain copy iackas livers babooD. aud lions hearts,
serpeuts' Sims and spines the hairy calculi from
the bowels of old cows, and mere 'ngre iients, Ia
| short than Shakespeare could imagine for his
witches cadI OF; and when rain follows Ia day or
two every one cberishes the most sansnne faith 10
tie efiicacy of their charms. No wonder that they
licked with no good will on the church Dell, which
they regarded az in some way accountable for the
drought which scourged them go severely, while
they could often see il raining On the ns ten miles
| off,
TIE labors Of DR.. Livingstone were continued for
several years, with more or lees 'uccess diyerhoei
oDy by occssionsl journeys with view OF decdus
on the most favorable field for missionary oPsrar
tons. Ia lS49, he determined ~ cross the great
Kalahari Desert, snd penetrate into the region Of
Lake Ngami whose petition was known to the na-
tiyes, but which had never yet been rescbed BY aoy
European. In company with smsll party OF IA
| an travellers in Africa, with whom he had Do
COLE acquainted, be starts on tue perlous journey
In the let day Of June. The desert which they
were TO traverse lies between Orange River ON
| he south, lat 30 ;, and Like Nsani on toe
nerth, lat. - aod between long "a +. AID the
Atlantic COAT. Although it confirms no running
wafer it is not destitute Of vegetation, nor Of To-
hsbi.ants 1t is covered with grass and great vs.
rieiy of creeping plants. Pfodsious herds OF ante
lopes. which require little or DO Sster roam over
| its boundless plains. TIE inhsoitsnts prey or the
game End various small aninas of the feline race
which abound in countless numbers. The grass
rises in lu1urian. tuft' with Ip.ces between, wnea
are often occupied By creeping plants, woose roots
s,e so far buried beneath the sol !ast they scarcely
feel the effect. of tne barring sun. Many OF toe
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