The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1872-11-06
Livingstone and his Friends.
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oeai before the world at this time, and who have
met with very different fates,-Mr. H. NJ. Stan
ley. the discoverer Of Livingstone and Lieutenant
Lewellyn Dawson, the chiei Of the aboriive Liv-
inrstoae Fund 1t was a Strange contrast to
pass from the house Of one to the other within
fw hours, and to mark TIE melancholy Of the
one and the radiant buoyancy which seemed 10
psrvade the other. Stanley had Just received the
Queen present and Lord Granvilles letter when
called. They had taken him by surprise, and
when The small parcel was brought into the room
and he proceeded to open it and found the outer
covering Of stiff paper TO be succeeded by layers
o. SILVER paper round something which felt soft
be thought some one had sent him cake for fun.
The r1rgeOns snuf-box was 10 a case of blue vel
vet, and this was surrounded by so many wraps
that Il FELT TO the touch as ! have said Imagine
y0ur young countrymans delight when he saw
what Lis cake turned out and the number OF
p-ams 1t held Some people have asked Why
suuH-box. why not a pin or ring. or something
Stanley could vear? Bot snuif-boxes have been
from time immemorial the presents Of monarchs
. those whom they delight to honor Ambassa-
dors. Couriiers, ENJOYS to foreign courts, great
Statesmen and victorious generals, all regard
lswsled suuf-box as the most appropriate gift
from crowned head T; and the more exalted Of
tbeu have not uufrequently a collection Of these
costly baubles which have been inherited from
ancestors who have filed high Offices. or have
been acquired personally during long life spent
IN the public service. The form of recognition
accorded 10 Stanley by the Queen is thus Of the
precise kind which should gratify him, and may
add, which has graiifed him more than any other.
i is noble heirloom to preserve and 10 hand
dow, and the letter with Which it was accom-
PANIED enhances the value of the gift, which
apart from all associations is intrinsically con-
siderable. The box is an Oblong Of dark blue
enamel, with the letters V. Z. eucyphered in
good sized diamonds on the centre of the lid
Round this and describing a considerable circle
Is . rinc Of diamonds Of a larger size yet ; and
the effect Of the combination is exceedingly gor-
gsous and rich. Messrs. Garrard Of the Hay
market, London, are the makers of the box the
value Of which cannot be less than five hundred
pounds.
private secretary was making transcripts of his
diaries in an adjoining noon and the whole
place seemed redoleut Of African exploration.
wish the malicious idiots who, to use phrase
in one Of the letters Of Mr.. w. NJ. Thackeray
which ] treasure in my autograph book-"go
about saying thingsr-and who have pretended
10 believe that the story Of finding Livingstone
& l.
Stanley at home as l saw him on the morning of
The 30th Of August 1872 Diaries and note
books which hai been filed in the heart Of Africa
were on the table, aud when / took up one and
opening il az hap-hazard read passage aloud it
cane 20 Stanley ike lifting of the veil between
tie present and the past. 1t was to the effect
that his companion Shaw, who died soon after
wards was growing gradually worse and that the
poor fellow was losing heart " If am only
able 10 keep NY bealth,T was Stanleys comment,
/" I do not fear but that | shall be able to carry
oat my mission" l do not pledge myself to the
words but to the spirit of the entry and the
notebook and the touches Of the travellers in
ner LIE which It revealed will long live in my
memory. What marvellous resolution it evinces I
20 have kept diary steadily through bis weary
march declare, l think this is as wonderful as
finding Livingstone. We all know the tempta-
toa 70 shirk diarizlng which besets even the or
dlnary traveller, and the form his meditations
take when night comes aud the accursed page
has to be filed 4" am sure to remember this
incident, and need not bother to put it down 4
The picture that mountain made with the trees at
The back and the waterfall in the foreground, is /
one 7 cannot possibly forget, and so it may be 1
omitted. And the disputes with the men the .
hardship in crossing the river at night, and the .
m.shaas with the horses-these are all things .
which / can recount at leisure aud when not suf- |
fering from the fatigues of travel" Who does |
not know the terrible seductiveness Of these ar
gumeuts Three years ago / travelled in Syria
with Mr. Edward Dicey aud Mr.. W. H. Gregory,
the present governor Of Ceylon, and contrived to
keep the diary posted with which set out But
the effort was tremendous when, after hard days .
nde 70 the Cave of Adullam, or over the scorch-
ing plains between the Jordan aud the Dead Sea, /
we had baihed and dined in our tents and were
disposed 10 idle and smoke, the diary and its ex-
actions compelled me TO fOrego society and de.
part with my ink-pot and book to another tent.
But the value Of impressions recorded at the
tine and on the spot however roughly, cannot be
oFerestimated, and my experience since has led
me to set the highest value upon diaries. 1t is
amazing how sooE the most striking experiences
and the most vivid impressions become hazy and
din' and for my part l would not trust the
sirOngest-nenoried traveller in the world who
had merely rough notes to guide him as to what
be saE, or felt, or suffered. Stauley's notebooks
are remarkable for their copiousuess and clearness
The ordinary Let's diary with printed heading
FOR each day Of the month was the one be carried.
and The entries we're made as regularly as be
stopped at night There is no doubt Of this l
have seen them, handled them, and know enough
OF their contents to say that they viii make
Sianleys forthcoming book one Of the most in
tsresting works on Africa which the world has
seen.
The diary Of DR.. Livingstone, which the young
traveller brought with him, was also kept in one
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