David Livingstone : his labours and his legacy . e slaverto his inland haunts, laid bare the cruelties and evilswhich followed in his train, and pointed out the wayto diminish his influence and circumvent his doing all this, Livingstone and his companions hadproved to the natives that there were white men whoneither bought nor sold their fellow-creatures, and towhom the villainies of the slave trade were had gained for the name of the Enghsh both therespect and affection of the natives. He had done this, but he was not content. Duty,as he saw it, beckoned him into the
David Livingstone : his labours and his legacy . e slaverto his inland haunts, laid bare the cruelties and evilswhich followed in his train, and pointed out the wayto diminish his influence and circumvent his doing all this, Livingstone and his companions hadproved to the natives that there were white men whoneither bought nor sold their fellow-creatures, and towhom the villainies of the slave trade were had gained for the name of the Enghsh both therespect and affection of the natives. He had done this, but he was not content. Duty,as he saw it, beckoned him into the interior, led himon to further labour. There was to be no turningback for him. In a letter to Mr. Waller he said : I dont know whether I am to go on the shelf or I do, I make Africa the shelf. The expedition mightbe recalled and its work be finished, but Livingstonehad not yet fulfilled his self-imposed task, and hiswork was to go on. The hand of duty was beckoningto him from the heart of Africa, and he now preparedto obey it. -^*<^*^. A VIEW ON LAKE TANGANIKA. CHAPTER VIII. INDIA AND ENGLAND. BEFORE he could penetrate Africa again with anychance of success, Livingstone well knew thathe must raise funds. There were two ways of doingthis: first, by selling the Lady Nyassa, which had costhim nearly £6,000, and, in the event of not doingthat, by going to England and raising money resolved to try the first. The Portuguese authorities, on hearing that thesteamer was for sale, offered to buy it, but Livingstonerefused to sell it to them, knowing that it would soonbe subserving their purposes by helping in the slavetraffic. He then sailed up the coast to Zanzibar, andhere again he had some offers, but the sums wereconsidered absurdly small, and he determined to tryand sell her in a better market. With this object inview, he made up his mind to sail the little ship acrossthe Indian Ocean to Bombay. On the last day of April 1864, he started on thisperilous voyage. Th
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