Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1857-04-10
AFRICA.


natiOn OF the travels OF Dr. Livingstone dur
ing the long period of his absence in Africa -
DR.. Livingstone is nearly forty years of
age his face is furrowcd, through herdships.
and IS almost black with exposure 70 a burn
ing sun. He hesitates in speaking has a pc
culiar accent, is at loss sometimes for
word, and the words of his sentences are oc-
casionally inverted. His language is, how
ever, good, and he has an immense fund Of
most valuable and interesting Information,
which he communicates most freely He is
in good health and spirits. His left arm,
which was broken by lion, is improperly
set. defect which he will cndeevor to get
corrected while he is in England. lie 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 preach
ing in the open air in Africa. If he now
speaks much he loses his voice. notwithstand-
ing that he submitted to an operation in AZ
rica to enable him to speak in public. He
has scarcely spoken the English language for
the last sixteen years. He lived with a tribe
OF Bcchuanas, iar in the in srior. iaS eight
years, guiding them in the paths O. virtue,
knowledge and religion He. in conjunction
with Mr.. Oswald, discovered the magnificent
Lake Ngami, in the interior Of Africa. He
traced by himself the course of tho great riv-
er Zambesia, in Eastern 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 26 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
Gordon Cumming. Livingstone was in those
grounds when the Lion-slayer was there, and
~ Nc NJ. e'. n'' s'on, ne'oI
'l'e aus VI uuN7i ~, seSno
n .,''' u's ~ Voun'' yi,,ai oauie LOT sport iney
~ l' '''g ~, iiiea' "nion ne o1ulu ho'
~ u, no, ne i's' no"s ma. ~ i'i' nis'-
IN ~ i0"'" "o'' LUZ VPo' "ni'o Ia ""Hy npli
VAo 0'"s,' M"s "noh ho was noa, Loehuo' iie
'nen reHu oi the oau'ie ol baiaAlaVa, IL was
a, a '"oi. c'non.n IN oeiorc nc heuru lurlher news
nc Wiie Oh tne Dr' Is inc uauShter ol MI
VI s1oaa..' the cNlu1er ol lhe bechuaha hatloh'
MoHatt hau los1 slght oi MS son-ln-iaw ior
some time, and attempted to penetrate into
the interior to see what was become OF him.
lie 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 bank OF a river which
separated two hostile tribes Livingstone
was then living FAR to the north OF this rlver.
The Southrons called to the Mortimer, and
told them that they had some property be-
longing to the doctor, who was held in great
respect by both tribes. The Northmen re-
fused to cross over for 1t, saying that the
books and papers contained witchcraft medi-
cine. very well, sad the Southrons, I'VE
leave them here, and II they are lost, on your
/ heads the blame Will fall. Ihey then retlr-
/ ed' Inc Northmen thongh' better Oh IL,
crossed over placed the parcei on an Island
IN the river ana oullt nut over H. lweNe
months afterwards Dr' Livingstone iouna the
parcel there sale. inc doctor mas peen struck
down by African leVer upwards Oh thlrty
Tunes ile has constantly slept IN the open
arr IN the most unWhoiesome ehnates' ana nc
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