32. David Livingston [Livingstone], Banks of Mopolo, to Rev Arthur Tidman, Mission House, Blomfield Street, London

Encloses sketch of the Mabotsa mission station for the Juvenile Magazine furnished by A. H. Bain, a gentleman who recently visited the area; gives information on a rain maker staying with the Bakhatla [baKgatla], and the general belief in "witchcraft" amongst the people; discussions with the chief a...

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Order number: CWM/LMS/Africa/Odds/Livingstone, Box 1
Date(s) of creation: 23 Mar 1845
Level: Item
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id CWM.LMS.04.08.07.01.032
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with CWM/LMS/Africa/Odds/Livingstone, Box 1
callnumber CWM/LMS/04/08/07/01/032
callnumber_txt CWM/LMS/04/08/07/01/032
callnumber-sort CWM/LMS/04/08/07/01/032
scb_alt_ref_no Livingstone Wooden Box, item 32
prefix_number 032
title 32. David Livingston [Livingstone], Banks of Mopolo, to Rev Arthur Tidman, Mission House, Blomfield Street, London
scb_date_creation 23 Mar 1845
scb_level Item
level_sort 8/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File/Item
scb_extent 4pp
format Archive
description Encloses sketch of the Mabotsa mission station for the Juvenile Magazine furnished by A. H. Bain, a gentleman who recently visited the area; gives information on a rain maker staying with the Bakhatla [baKgatla], and the general belief in "witchcraft" amongst the people; discussions with the chief and counsellors regarding the rain maker and the power of traditional beliefs; Livingstone offers to become the rain maker's pupil in an attempt to disprove his practices and "undeceive" the people; knowledge of working iron ore held only by a few families, while superstition surrounds the practice; plans to hold lectures on his return to Mabotsa with his new wife [Mary Livingstone] on "the works of God in creation and Providence", and to include a lecture on iron ore in an attempt to break down superstitions.
scb_access_status Open
scb_use_restrictions For permission to publish, please contact Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library in the first instance
scb_publications Transcription available in Livingstone's Missionary Correspondence, 1841-1856, Ed. I. Schapera (Chatto & Windus, London, 1961), p.61; Some Letters from Livingstone, 1840-1872, Ed. David Chamberlin (Oxford University Press, 1940), p.78
hierarchy_top_id_raw CWM
hierarchy_sequence CWM.00LMS.0004.0008.0007.0001.00032

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