Nothing could allay their terror, till, a dish of porridge having been prepared, they saw Livingstone partake of it along with themselves without distrust.

When they saw him lie down and fall asleep they were quite at their ease.

Thereafter he began to speak to them: "I had more than ordinary pleasure in telling these murderers of the precious blood which cleanseth from all sin.

I bless God that He has conferred on one so worthless the distinguished privilege and honor of being the first messenger of mercy that ever trod these regions.

Its being also the first occasion on which I had ventured to address a number of Bechuanas in their own tongue without reading it, renders it to myself one of peculiar interest.