David Livingstone : his labours and his legacy . Itwas the fashion among them and most of the tribes ofthe Zambesi to cut their really fine teeth to points likethe teeth of cats. Everywhere the visitors were receivedwith kindness, save and except when they cut across thepath of the slave trader. The people then became im-pudent and dishonest; their first question was, ^ Haveyou come to buy slaves ? and on being told that theEnglish never bought slaves the inquirers became con-temptuous, and even refused to sell food. It was nearone of the * crossing-places on the Nyassa that Living-stone was r
David Livingstone : his labours and his legacy . Itwas the fashion among them and most of the tribes ofthe Zambesi to cut their really fine teeth to points likethe teeth of cats. Everywhere the visitors were receivedwith kindness, save and except when they cut across thepath of the slave trader. The people then became im-pudent and dishonest; their first question was, ^ Haveyou come to buy slaves ? and on being told that theEnglish never bought slaves the inquirers became con-temptuous, and even refused to sell food. It was nearone of the * crossing-places on the Nyassa that Living-stone was robbed, for the first time in Africa—a number NYASSALAND. 99 of personal articles of clothing and toilet being stolenat night. ^ While Livingstone struck inland for a short trip theboat with his brother and Dr. Kirk proceeded north-ward some distance; and where the mountainous coastsseemed, owing to a haze, to draw together, they placedthe northern extremity of the lake—that is, about ii°south. As a matter of fact a more careful survey, un-. SHUPANGA HOUSE, IN WHICH MRS. LIVINGSTONE D7ED. dertaken later on by Mr. E. D. Young, established theimit as being about 9f south-a clear gain in length tothis inland sea of a degree and a half, or rather over ahundred miles. Finding no outlet from the Nyassa to the Rovuma,and having exhausted their goods, at the end of OctoberLivingstone left the lake, and, descending the Shire re-joined the Pioneer below the Cataracts. Several delays 100 DAVID LIVINGSTONE. occurred, and the steamer lay at one shoal for five longweeks. On arriving at the Portuguese settlements on theZambesi, he expected to be questioned about the freeingof the slaves v^^hom he and the Bishop had met upthe Shire. But only one remark was made; he wasasked, * You took the governors slaves, didnt you ? Livingstone replied that he certainly freed some gangshe had encountered ; and goes on, in his book, to saythat ^ the Portuguese of Tete, from the governor down-wards, were
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