emonstrance as a duty of the Portuguese
Government. "Nor," he continued, "ought the Government oL Portugal to
stop here. It ought, as we have said, to go further; because from what
his countrymen say of Livingstone--and to which he only answers by a
mere vain negation,--from what he unhesitatingly declares of himself and
his intentions, and from what must be known to the Government by private
information from, their delegates, it is obvious that such men as
Livingstone may become extremely prejudicial to the interests of
Portugal, especially when resident in a public capacity in our African
possessions, if not efficiently watched, if their audacious and
mischievous actions are not restrained. If steps are not taken in a
proper and effective manner, so that they may be permitted only to do
good, if indeed good can come from such," etc.

"26_th Sept_.--Agnes and I go to-day to Newstead Abbey,
Notts. Reach it about 9 P.M., and find Mr. and Mrs. Webb all
I anticipated and more. A splendid old mansion with a
wonderful number of curiosities in it, and magnificent
scenery around. It was the residence of Lord Byron, and his
furniture is kept" [in his private rooms] "just as he left
it. His character does not shine. It appears to have been
horrid.... He made a drinking cup of a monk's skull found
under the high altar, with profane verses on the silver
setting, and kept his wine in the stone coffin. These Mrs.
Webb buried, and all the bones she could find that had been
desecrated by the poet."

In a letter to Sir Thomas Maclear he speaks of the poet as one of those
who, like many others--some of them travelers who abused
missionaries,--considered it a fine thing to be thought awfully
bad fellows.

"27_th_.--Went through the whole house with our kind hosts,
and saw all the wonders, which would require many days
properly to examine....

"2_d October_.--Took Communion in the chapel of the Abbey.
God grant me to be and always to act as a true Christian.

"3_d._--Mr. and Mrs. Webb kindness itself personified. A
blessing be on them and their children from the Almighty!"

When first invited to reside at Newstead Abbey, Dr. Livingstone
declined, on the ground that he was to be busy writing a book, and that
he wished to have some of his children with him, and in the case of
Agnes, to let her have music lessons. His kind friends, however,