How I Found Livingstone Travels, Adventures And Discoveries In Central Africa Including Four Months Residence With Dr. Livingstone By Sir Henry M. Stanley
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He Is Sharp - Hot As Fire" - "Mkali Sana, Kana Moto."
From Being Hated And Thwarted In Every Possible Way By
The Arabs
and half-castes upon first arrival in Ujiji, he has, through
his uniform kindness and mild, pleasant temper,
Won all hearts.
I observed that universal respect was paid to him. Even
the Mohammedans never passed his house without calling to pay
their compliments, and to say, "The blessing of God rest on
you." Each Sunday morning he gathers his little flock around him,
and reads prayers and a chapter from the Bible, in a natural,
unaffected, and sincere tone; and afterwards delivers a short
address in the Kisawahili language, about the subject read to them,
which is listened to with interest and attention.
There is another point in Livingstone's character about which
readers of his books, and students of his travels, would like to
know, and that is his ability to withstand the dreadful climate of
Central Africa, and the consistent energy with which he follows up
his explorations. His consistent energy is native to him and to
his race. He is a very fine example of the perseverance,
doggedness, and tenacity which characterise the Anglo-Saxon
spirit; but his ability to withstand the climate is due not only
to the happy constitution with which he was born, but to the
strictly temperate life he has ever led. A drunkard and a man of
vicious habits could never have withstood the climate of Central
Africa.
The second day after my arrival in Ujiji I asked the Doctor if he
did not feel a desire, sometimes, to visit his country, and take
a little rest after his six years' explorations; and the answer
he gave me fully reveals the man.
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