He said, by all means take guns, and use them, if needed, and they would prove the best pacificators; and Mackenzie, as usual, yielded his own judgment, and heartily accepted what was decided on for him.
All those left at Johanna had suffered from fever, and were relieved that the time of inaction was over when they embarked in the _Pioneer_ on the 1st of May, and in due time ascended the Zambesi, and again the Shire, but very slowly, for much time was consumed in cutting wood for the engines, every _stick_ in the mud costing three days' labour, and in three weeks going only six or seven miles, seeing numerous crocodiles and hippopotami by the way.
It was not till the middle of July that they reached the landing-place.
As soon as the goods had been landed the whole party set out on an exploration, intending to seek for a place, high enough on the hills to be healthy, on which to form their settlement.
Their goods were carried by negroes, and a good many by themselves, the Bishop's share being in one hand a loaded gun, in the other a crozier, in front a can of oil, behind, a bag of seeds.

"I thought," he writes, "of the contrast between my weapon and my staff, the one like Jacob, the other like Abraham, who armed all his trained servants to rescue Lot.

I thought also of the seed which we must sow in the hearts of the people, and of the oil of the Spirit that must strengthen us in all we do." The example of Abraham going forth to rescue Lot was brought suddenly before the mission party.

While halting at a negro village, a sound was heard like the blowing of penny trumpets, and six men, with muskets, came into the village, driving with them eighty-four slaves, men, women, and children, whom they had collected for Portuguese slave-dealers at Tette.
The Bishop and Mr.Scudamore had gone out of the village to bathe just before they arrived; but Dr.Livingstone, recognizing one of the drivers, whom he had seen at Tette, took him by the wrist, saying, "What are you doing here, killing people?
I shall kill you to-day." The man answered: "I do not kill; I am not making war.

I bought these people." Then Livingstone turned to the slaves.