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Title: Letter from Livingston to Murray, 1857

Author(s): Livingstone, David

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Hadley Green


Livingstone Dr.
1857

My Dear Mr Murray


I return the drawings
If the artist could put
rings on the legs
of Shinte up to
the knees & on
the arms it would
be an improvement
as I mention the
gait of the Balonda


Mrs Grimstone wishes the drawing of
Lake Ngami at your convenience
47 Grt Marlborough St
Regent St





gentlemen as regulated
by the weight
either real or
supposed of these
ornaments


I send an imaginary
section of the
the Fizzure of
the Falls in order
to explain the
wearing away
side-ways of the




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rock in which
it occur[s]. Can
a wood cut in
the page be made
of it?


Also a rude pen &
ink sketch of the
Marimba or
musical instruments
of the North — from
my description
If the keys laid
across the calabashes
were larger it





would convey
a good idea
but I dont care
much about
it.—


I have thought it
better to detain it for
a lady friend who
draws well — but
is now in child bed
if she makes a
good thing of it I shall
forward it. Will you
oblige me with a copy
of the Falls to shew
my friends here . I shall take care no
one will copy or see it who
will make a bad use of it