Stanley and the white heroes in Africa; being an edition from Mr Stanley's late personal writings on the Emin Pasha relief expedition .. . aled by the rushes. The men wild with ex-citement, spear the animals that are on the surface of the mass;while those beneath are crushed by the weight of their fellow-victims. The Bakwains often kill between sixty and seventyhead of large game at one of these traps at a time; and richand poor partake alike of the flesh. Here at Kolobeng, Livingstone built a house for himself,the third that he had erected. A native smith had taught himhow to weld iron; he ha
Stanley and the white heroes in Africa; being an edition from Mr Stanley's late personal writings on the Emin Pasha relief expedition .. . aled by the rushes. The men wild with ex-citement, spear the animals that are on the surface of the mass;while those beneath are crushed by the weight of their fellow-victims. The Bakwains often kill between sixty and seventyhead of large game at one of these traps at a time; and richand poor partake alike of the flesh. Here at Kolobeng, Livingstone built a house for himself,the third that he had erected. A native smith had taught himhow to weld iron; he had received many valuable hints inbuilding from his father-in-law, Mr. Moffat, as well as in car-pentering and gardening; and he w^as becoming handy at al-most any trade, as well as doctoring and preaching. He saysthat at this time, he and his wife came nearly up to w^hatmay be considered indispensable in the accomplishments of amissionary family in Central Africa, namely, the husband tobe jack-of-all-trades without doors, and the wife maid-of-all-work within. He further says: You want bricks to build a house, and must forthwith pro-. LrVINGSTONE THE MISSlONAtir. 311 ceed to the field, cut down a tree, and saw it into the planksto make the brick-moulds; the materials for doors and windows,too, are standing in the forest; and if you want to be respect-ed by the natives, a house of decent dimensions, costing animmense amount of manual labor, must be built. The peoplecannot assist you much; for though most w^illing to labor forwages, the Bakwains have a curious inability to make or putthings square; like all Bechuanas, their dwellings are maderound. In the case of three large houses, erected by myselfat different times, every brick and stick had to be put squareby my own right hand. Livingstone also assisted the natives to build a square housefor their chief, and a building for a school. But he could notsucceed in convincing them that he was in no way responsiblefor the drought. An
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