The day was spent in going about in London from shop to shop, greatly increasing Livingstone's fatigue.] "Total abstinence at that time began to be spoken of, and Livingstone and I, and a Mr.Taylor, who went to India, took a pledge together to abstain[12].

Of that trio, two, I am sorry to say _( heu me miserum!),_ enfeebled health, after many years, compelled to take a little wine for our stomachs' sake.

Livingstone was one of the two.
[Footnote 12: Livingstone had always practiced total abstinence, according to the invariable custom of his father's house.

The third of the trio was the Rev.Joseph V.S.Taylor, now of the Irish Presbyterian Mission, Gujerat, Bombay.] "One part of our duties was to prepare sermons, which were submitted to Mr.Cecil, and, when corrected, were committed to memory, and then repeated to our village congregations.

Livingstone prepared one, and one Sunday the minister of Stamford Rivers; where the celebrated Isaac Taylor resided, having fallen sick after the morning service, Livingstone was sent for to preach in the evening.