CHAPTER III.
FIRST TWO YEARS IN AFRICA.
A.D.

1842-1843.
His ordination--Voyage out--At Rio de Janeiro--At the Cape--He proceeds to Kuruman--Letters--Journey of 700 miles to Bechuana country--Selection of site for new station--Second excursion to Bechuana country--Letter to his sister--Influence with chiefs--Bubi--Construction of a water-dam--Sekomi--Woman seized by a lion--The Bakaa--Sebehwe--Letter to Dr.Risdon Bennett--Detention at Kuruman--He visits Sebehwe's village--Bakhatlas--Sechele, chief of Bakwains--Livingstone translates hymns--Travels 400 miles on oxback--Returns to Kuruman--Is authorized to form new station--Receives contributions for native missionary--Letters to Directors on their Mission policy--He goes to new station--Fellow-travelers--Purchase of site--Letter to Dr.Bennett--Desiccation of South Africa--Death of a servant, Sehamy--Letter to his parents..