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				<title>Letter to Arthur Tidman and Maps of Angola and Central Southern Africa</title>
                <title type="alternative">Letter to Arthur Tidman and Maps of Angola and Central Southern Africa, 10 February 1855</title>
				<author>Livingstone, David, 1813-1873</author>
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                <publisher>University of Maryland Libraries</publisher>
                <pubPlace>College Park, MD, USA</pubPlace>
                <date>2017</date>
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				<bibl xml:id="shelfmark">University of London. School of Oriental and African Studies; CWM/LMS/Livingstone Wooden Box, item 87</bibl>
				<bibl xml:id="ccnumber">Letters, 0364</bibl>
				<bibl xml:id="recipient"><persName>Tidman, Arthur, 1792-1868</persName>; </bibl>
				<bibl xml:id="date"><date when="1855-02-10">10 February 1855</date></bibl>
				<bibl xml:id="where">Cassange</bibl>
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				<date>2009-05-19</date>
				<name>Caroline Overy</name>Letter foliated by Caroline Overy
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				<date>2017-04-14</date>
				<name>Kate Simpson</name>Proofread by Kate Simpson
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				<date>2017-05-24</date>
				<name>Adrian S. Wisnicki</name>Proofread by Kate Simpson
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				<date>2017-06-14</date>
				<name>Adrian S. Wisnicki</name>Formatting Review by Adrian S. Wisnicki
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<lb/><p rend="no-indent"><space extent="2" unit="words"/><placeName><settlement type="village">Cassange</settlement></placeName> <date when="1855-02-10">10<hi rend="sup underline">th</hi> <choice><abbr>Feby</abbr><expan>February</expan></choice> 
<lb/><space extent="5" unit="words"/><hi rend="underline">1855</hi></date></p>
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<lb/><p rend="no-indent"><persName><choice><abbr>Rev<hi rend="sup underline">d</hi></abbr><expan>Reverend</expan></choice> D<hi rend="sup"><hi rend="underline">r</hi></hi> Tidman</persName> </p>
<lb/><p rend="no-indent"><space extent="2" unit="words"/><space extent="3" unit="chars"/>Dear Sir </p>
<lb/><p rend="no-indent"><space extent="4" unit="words"/>It affords me 
<lb/>much pleasure to be able to 
<lb/>repair in some measure 
<lb/>the loss caused by the wreck 
<lb/>of the "Forerunner" by means 
<lb/>of the enclosed <bibl>maps of the 
<lb/><placeName><country>Province of Angola</country></placeName>, and 
<lb/>that portion of the country 
<lb/>of <placeName><region>Lunda</region></placeName> through which 
<lb/>we passed</bibl>. You will 
<lb/>thereby be able to appreciate 
<lb/>some of the obstacles presented 
<lb/>by wood and water to the </p>
<lb/><ab rend="gray small">87</ab>
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<lb/><p rend="no-indent"><bibl>Letters for <persName>D<hi rend="underline">r</hi><hi rend="sup">r</hi> Tidman</persName> and <persName>M<hi rend="sup">rs</hi> <choice><abbr>L.</abbr><expan>Livingstone</expan></choice></persName></bibl> were sent on 23<hi rend="sup">d</hi> Ult. </p><anchor xml:id="p1r-01"/>

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<lb/><p rend="no-indent">formation of a path such 
<lb/>as we have been accustomed 
<lb/>to use. <space extent="1" unit="chars"/>Only the larger streams 
<lb/>or such as we found large 
<lb/>are inserted in the <placeName><region>Lunda</region></placeName> 
<lb/>portion<reg>.</reg> <space extent="1" unit="chars"/>But <choice><sic>ajacent</sic><corr>adjacent</corr></choice> to 
<lb/>all these and in many 
<lb/>other parts there are large 
<lb/>dense forests. And if we 
<lb/>take the barriers presented 
<lb/>by bogs rivers &amp; thickets 
<lb/>into consideration, it 
<lb/>looks as if it would be 
<lb/>a waste of life to attempt 
<lb/>single handed <del type="strikethrough">handed</del> to 
<lb/>worm a way for a ponderous 
<lb/><placeName><region>Cape</region></placeName> waggon. <space extent="1" unit="chars"/>The actual 

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<lb/>distance<add place="below">^</add> <add place="above">is not great</add> between the <placeName><region>Northern 
<lb/>parts of <persName>Sekeletu's</persName> country</region></placeName>
<lb/>and this the <placeName><settlement>commercial 
<lb/>capital of the Interior</settlement></placeName> where 
<lb/><orgName>European</orgName> supplies may 
<lb/>be obtained, and mails pass 
<lb/>to the coast twice or three 
<lb/>times every month. <space extent="2" unit="chars"/>And 
<lb/>if some of our strong 
<lb/>young <term type="occupation">missionaries</term> would 
<lb/>view the limited spheres 
<lb/>in which they spend their 
<lb/>lives in comparison 
<lb/>with that presented in 

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<lb/>to good account. At present 
<lb/>I think it best before working 
<lb/>farther in this direction to 
<lb/>secure a choice by examination 
<lb/>of the way down to the other 
<lb/>coast. I leave this on the 
<lb/>13<hi rend="sup underline">th</hi> currt. </p>
<lb/><p>If looking at the <bibl>map</bibl> 
<lb/>you may wonder why 
<lb/><placeName>Little Fish Bay</placeName> or <placeName>Benquella</placeName>
<lb/>was not attempted being so 
<lb/>much nearer than <placeName><country>Angola</country></placeName>
<lb/>the reason was the presence 
<lb/>of the tsetse on our 
<lb/><placeName><region>Western borders</region></placeName>. </p>

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<lb/><figure><figDesc>Map of "<placeName><country>Province of Angola</country></placeName>."</figDesc></figure>
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<lb/><figure><figDesc>Map of "that portion of the country <placeName><region>Lunda</region></placeName> through which we passed."</figDesc></figure>
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