New-York tribune., 1874-01-27
OBITUARY.
DAVID LIVINGSTONE

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. - pngapd. 1t will come by ihe way "
esr' .. ,oat, !. now apparently
<srt,,n Aouat native OF soo'i"n', 10 was de.
.,,.,,vre Ia Lanarkshre. In the year i'i" .o,ions
'.,, g., family which had for many senea'' -
s.,,hysned st viva one of the Hebrdes $50 @ s,r,
si.,as whsse his grandfather cunVa'eu s,,,nort Of
1a,a,.r tais occupation inadequate W ". Nth his
K, family he removed to Blsntyre "o's '.,,s estab-
nan. reeei red employment IN ''no -, ,bseoueptly
.,.s.d ,n.,,a The great trayeier '" ~ cIasgov and
peoare oes ,o, A., bis peiehbors, though ne never
~ nss =. ocoufrtas wealth. His son sara VI -
w. va. foo conscientious ever 10 oe'o''' ID ,,e
-. .,.aners OF manner AMI winhhS ""' ~ 80 erm,v
s-,.,r,rS, az his children twine arouiu " ,
40 n. hao possessed and could nave ueS'o"V"
nam evesy worldly advantage i - IN
-. ,r ,he last 20 years Of his life. was ued'ou - "
SaIon'' i - h,rch hut IN his younger days he was
r~,, vsitb the regular Kirk of Scotland Al '''
40. NJ ten yoang Livingstone became Pico,' -
nosoo factory and for many years was cp>'e -, ,in
s.ork a. NJ n speTauve. An evening schO"i i"i' -, :,
k,nh the opportunity of acquiring some AuO"''Or
= "a, I'D c roek and fually. after attending co"i'0
NJ r,eaicin~ at the Glasgow unVersiN' anu - ~ -
VI -. q, nr Wardlsy Professor Of Theology
a. a.. s.,fch Independents, he offered mmseH " w.
s,nno, u,..oDsry Society, by whom he was oiu',,..
n. a medfasl missionary In lS4o' he lh'eHu
r,b.ps ssculd he the field OF MS aool'' '"V 49,,
b IN, opum war 1t was deemeu 'neN
so, him to 80 there and accordingly De wa'
en-. AEGEAN missiou-an event which determined 'he
kuiore course OF his life. In the Summer o loo " -,
- -, ,s.aa r,on,hs he landed at Port Natal IN south
y o. .ns pr,,upty repaired to KuInman where t"e
.w.,.r., ,5r,cau missionary DR.. Mofatt hao iouhoou
htsfton Here he met the lady-a daughter VI ~
x.tt-wha 6our years late: became his WHO A''oi So
nns for taas years the language ana customs "a Wv
h,.kwaius % removed in ls4S 10 MaOoS'" ""0i0 az
soundes a ssssionary station and during the heAs 81"
wars ish,ed In his calling there and at hoiooenH'
k.uop a-lIf SO miles further north In June. 1Sis IN
.omnanv ys41h 0swAl and Murray. two English gentle
haep DR. Livingstone started on MS hrst eNPoihs On
sdtiou ss.O interior, and on August teachea Lake
Ecsmi M crossing the Bakahari desert which bsd LOT
n long ~ presented insupersbe obstacles TO persons ap
Arosehiul 30 that direction The party returned 10 oo
beng in sober aud the succeeding year Livingstone
made sao her Journey the lake bat was peyentedD Dy
Ina Ut, rleuee Of fever aud OF species OF NY very
Sroublc soc to cattle from proceedingto tue hor'h""u
OF II, In s.5l. IN company with MI oS"en he as","
saytod os north, and proceeding III more eas'e'
direction reached the great river ZimOes moving III
rba cept,r III Africa Iu April he accompanied his
.ia and }ldren TO Cape Town, and having wi'neSseu
shs,r dep,vre for England, returned to Kuruman Win
SSs ;nI3 on Of selecting locality for new station
vh,ch I'D be free from the OF the Beers
- degrad.& Z class Of white settler5-wh0 regaueh VII"
isfsyoP ~ efforts cvize the natives ana his eHoi'
10 suppress slavery While at this place he learheu 'ha
she Beers Esd carried hostility 50 far as TO puhder
his house. devastste the missionary se'e"chV no
had formed
Bs,ug nos free from pastoral cares, he departed on
a most soportant northern tour. and in May, 1858,
Assehsd Iixyanti the principal town of the Makololo
arte whrre ne was kindly received by the Chief and
khe population. Departing thence IN November
ne procee.ssd up the Ieeambye River and Its aiuent
Ahe Ieeba Lake Diloo, and thence with conslderape
ID fBcuty as peril across the Congo River TO Angola,
nj the eapaal which country. Loanda on the western
coast Of titaca he arrived MAY 81, 1854 and was hos
itsby revived by the Portuguese authorities stationed
there I4ssyiug Loanda IN the ensuing September he
kesobed I-uyAnu IN September 1856, ana thence pro-
keeded do - the Leeambye and Zambesi Rivers which
e found =. ne identical TO Quillimane the Indian
Dcesn v n0cn reached May 90 1856. He then took
nbp for ,isnd where he arrived Dee. Il Of the
year.
7 During ks B years absence, Livingstone bad twice
prcssed tss African contiDent from the shores
of the indian Ocean TO those OF the
Atlantic. and explored a vast tract of
,rountry h,forto unvised by Europeans. The magni'
ude OF abOrs and the great results attained during
ahis period thus alluded to by Sir r. Murehison at
. meeting of the Royal Geographical Society held in
as5s and which Livingstone was present. ave are
met toge lhar" said that distinguished geographer for
she purpat Of welcoming DR. Livingstone his return
home frOu South Africa after an absence OF 10 years.
during mch, while endeavoring to spread the
blessngs OF Christianity through lands never before
troddeu 1F the foot of any European. he had made
Eeographhfl discoveries of iucaculable im-
portance Ep al his various journeys Dr. Livingstone
had travelled less than 1000 miles OF African
serrtory; and be had come back TO England the p
oneer OF ssnd and nseul knowledge; for by his asfo
poicaI observations had determined the sites OF
merous places hills, rivers and lakes nearly an % o
bp0n every opportunity OF describing the physical fea-
tres. elifaeoogy and geographical structure OF The
pOuntries which he had explored ana had pointed out
DaDy new Of commerce as yet unknown TO the
Scope and enterprise OF the British merchant"
The reception accorded the great traveller at this
Fine was v,csy cordial. Hs frank. simple. and manly
chsracter uaade him great favorite with the people
who were agreesbly surprised to ind a com
merca rga In devotion and sesacrihce the great
seIporets nd Daygators Of the sixteenth century. In
ps57 he pSJthshed his Missionary Travels and Re-
isearches South Africa" work OF great i'm
kerest value forming enduring record OF his re-
narkabe Journey In he returned again TO Africa
having be appointed British Consul at QlllimaDe
and after ms arrival there departed another
pedition. sailing up the Zambesi he attained Lake
Nysssa where he made further explorations. His wife,
Nho hal eoompanied him in many OF his perous Jour
Aeys def 81 fever at Shupsnga April a. 1862 and the
sIpeditioa returned the year following. Dr. Living
stone ted England in July. 1864 and after giving
Interesting particulars respecting his discoveries, and
publishinI book descriptive of his recent travels
aim. in ssG5, with the view of continuing his
eIporataas in the interior OF Africa. He arrived
IN Bombay in 1850 and thence sailed for Zanzibar
whence H. started for the interior by way of the river
Rovuma. witch flows into the Indian Ocean at Mikin-
dany. aea1t tve degrees south OF Zanzibar. In the
gonthof April, 1857, Livingstone discovered Lake
1Aembs. ssqth Of TsDganylka and going westward
1hence fouEd Lake Moero on the sh OF september In
December 1867. he was the Cazembes town. After
an neteetsa attempt TO the lake TO Ujil he
kurnod to Czembes IN February or March, 1868, and
aAen weIs south of Lake Bangeveolo He afterward
roschod thL Lake Tanganyiko and from that point,
IN May lsS he sent the last letter received from him
1ntii Gomez uncatOns brought home by Mr.. Stan
1ey OF TIE HoydId Expedition
The nevStion and OF that enterprise still
1resh In txe public mind. and may be briefly stated
observing that the civilized world greatly con
cerned rcGardinR The fate OF LiylnRstnne. Iamea