[The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868 by David Livingstone]@TWC D-Link book
The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868

CHAPTER IV
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The child had been benefited by the medicine given yesterday.

He offered more food than we chose to take.
The agricultural class does not seem to be a servile one: all cultivate, and the work is esteemed.

The chief was out at his garden when we arrived, and no disgrace is attached to the field labourer.
The slaves very likely do the chief part of the work, but all engage in it, and are proud of their skill.

Here a great deal of grain is raised, though nearly all the people are Waiyau or Machinga.

This is remarkable, as they have till lately been marauding and moving from place to place.


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