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Some News of Dr. Livingston

           Oswell,afterfrightfulsufferings(forlackoffood,forlackofwater)thatalmostcosthimthelivesofhischildren,hereachedthecountryoftheMakalolosbesidetheChobe,abranchoftheZambezi.Thechief,Sebituane,joinedhimatLinyanti.AttheendofJune,1851,theZambeziwasdiscovered,andthedoctorreturnedtotheCapetobringhisfamilytoEngland.

           Infact,theintrepidLivingstonewishedtobealonewhileriskinghislifeinthedaringjourneyhewasgoingtoundertake.

           OnleavingtheCapethistime,thequestionwastocrossAfricaobliquelyfromthesouthtothewest,soastoreachSaintPauldeLoanda.

           OnthethirdofJune,1852,thedoctorsetoutwithafewnatives.

           HearrivedatKurumanandskirtedtheDesertofKalahari.The31st

           DecemberheenteredLitoubaroubaandfoundthecountryofthe

           BechnanasravagedbytheBoers,oldDutchcolonists,whoweremasters

           oftheCapebeforetheEnglishtookpossessionofit.

           LivingstoneleftLitoubaroubaonthe15thofJanuary,1853,penetratedtothecenterofthecountryoftheBamangouatos,and,onMay23d,hearrivedatLinyanti,wheretheyoungsovereignoftheMakalolos,Sckeletou,receivedhimwithgreathonor.

           There,thedoctorheldbackbytheintensefevers,devotedhimselftostudyingthemannersofthecountry,and,forthefirsttime,hecouldascertaintheravagesmadebytheslave-tradeinAfrica.

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