me for his glory?  I have prayed for this, and Jesus himself said, ’Ask, and ye shall receive, and a host of statements to the same effect.  There is a great deal of trifling frivolousness in not trusting in God.  Not trusting in Him who is truth itself, faithfulness, the same yesterday, to-day, and for ever!  It is presumption not to trust in Him implicitly, and yet this heart is sometimes fearfully guilty of distrust.  I am ashamed to think of it.  Ay; but He must put the trusting, loving, childlike spirit in by his grace.  O Lord, I am Thine, truly I am Thine—­take me—­do what seemeth good in Thy sight with me, and give me complete resignation to Thy will in all things.”

Two months later (May, 1859), a second ascent of the Shire was performed, and friendly relations were established with a clever chief named Chibisa, “a jolly person, who laughs easily—­which is always a good sign.”  Chibisa believed firmly in two things—­the divine right of kings, and the impossibility that Chibisa should ever be in the wrong.  He told them that his father had imparted an influence to him, which had come in by his head, whereby every person that had heard him speak respected him greatly.  Livingstone evidently made a great impression on Chibisa; like other chiefs, he began to fall under the spell of his influence.

Making a detour to the east, the travelers now discovered Lake Shirwa, “a magnificent inland lake.”  This lake was absolutely unknown to the Portuguese, who, indeed, were never allowed by the natives to enter the Shire.  Livingstone had often to explain that he and his party were not Portuguese but British.  After discovering this lake, the party returned to the ship, and then sailed to the Kongone harbor, in hopes of meeting a man-of-war and obtaining provisions.  In this, however, they were disappointed.

Some idea of the voluminous correspondence carried on by Dr. Livingstone may be formed from the following enumeration of the friends to whom he addressed letters in May of this year:  Lords Clarendon and Palmerston, Bishop of Oxford, Miss Burdett Coutts, Mr. Venn, Lord Kinnaird, Mr. James Wilson, Mr. Oswell, Colonel Steele, Dr. Newton of Philadelphia, his brother John in Canada, J.B. and C. Braithwaite, Dr. Andrew Smith, Admiral F. Grey, Sir R. Murchison, Captain Washington, Mr. Maclear, Professor Owen, Major Vardon, Mrs. Livingstone, Viscount Goderich.

Here is the account he gave of his proceedings to his little daughter Agnes: 

“River Shire, 1st June 1859.—­We have been down to the mouth of the river Zambesi in expectation of meeting a man-of-war with salt provisions, but, none appearing on the day appointed, we conclude that the Admiral has not received my letters in time to send her.  We have no post-office here, so we buried a bottle containing a letter on an island in the entrance to Kongone harbor.  This we told the Admiral we should do in case of not meeting the cruiser, and whoever