David LivingstoneHorne, C. Silvester (Charles Silvester)
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David Livingstone
Horne, C. Silvester (Charles Silvester)
Livingstone, David, 1813-1873
Hunter, David, 3, 6
Ilala, 129
Inscription on grave, 227-8
Johanna men, 146
Journey to coast, 222
Kalahari Desert, 27, 40, 42
Kalongosi River, 159, 203
Kasai, 90
Kasekera, 225
Katema, chief, 78
Kirk, Dr., 120, 227
Kizinga, 159
Kolobeng, 38, 40, 45, 46
Kuruman, 47, 113
Kwihaha, 189
Lacerda, Senhor, accuses Livingstone of robbing Portugal of her rights, 134
_Lake Nyassa_, 116, 129, 138
Last birthday, 207
Last journey begun, 200
Last march, start of the, 140
Leeambye, 61
Letters that never reached the coast, 164
Libonta, 91
Liemba, Lake, 151, 155
Limpopo River, 42
Line of march of body to coast, 221
Lintipé, the, 147
Linyanti, 59, 60, 66, 69, 72, 88, 91, 96, 115
Livingstone, Charles, 111
Livingstone, David, birth of, 2, 3;
Blantyre home, 3;
mother, 3-6;
father, 3-4,
death of, 5;
religious difficulties, 7;
boyhood, 9;
as naturalist, 10;
endurance and fearlessness, 11, 80, 89;
employed in factory, 12-14;
at Ongar, 13;
at Glasgow University, 14;
Licentiate of Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons, 19;
ordination, 19;
departure for S. Africa, 19;
at Kuruman, 23-4, 33;
contest with rainmakers, 26;
at Mabotsa, 29;
attacked by lion, 30;
marriage, 33;
children of, 33;
wife and children return to England, 39;
astronomy student, 55;
Dutch marauders seek vengeance on, 56-8;
object of suspicion at the Cape, 51;
farewell to wife and children, 52;
vows prevention of slave traffic, 55;
researches into flora and fauna, 54-5;
first taste of malaria, 60;
medicine stolen, 71;
preaches on journey up-country, 77;
attacked by fever, 81;
rewrites lost papers, 87;
names the Victoria Falls, 97;
carves initials on tree at Victoria Falls, 98;
escapes shipwreck, 104;
reaches Dover, 104;
back home, 106;
Oxford and Cambridge degrees, 106;
father’s death, 106;
receives medal of Roy. Geogr. Soc., 106;
entertained by distinguished people, 107;
second illness, 162;
eighty days prisoner in a hut, 168;
narrow escapes from death, 176;
down with dysentery, 204;
his unconquerable hope, 212;
last written words, 213;
devotion of his followers, 213;
last words, 216;
found dead on his knees, 217;
body dried in the sun, 221;
body handed over to the Consul at Bagamoio, 226;
arrival of in England, 226;
personal details, 229 _et seq._;
clearness of scientific observations, 232;
devotion to children, 234;
dislike of compliments, 234-5;
humility and sincerity, 235;
first letter from Africa, 238;
single-mindedness, 240
Livingstone, Mrs., anxiety of, 106;
left behind at Cape Town, 113;
death of, 126
Loanda, 72, 73, 87-8, 101, 131
Loangwa River, 147-8
Lobingela, 209
Lofu River, 202
London Hospitals, Livingstone’s studies at, 197
London Missionary Society, 15, 16, 108;
Livingstone’s letter to, 51;
sends mission to Linyanti, 121
Lotembwa, 90
Lualaba River, 155, 164, 166, 168, 170, 172
Luamo River, 166
Luapula River, 221-2
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