AtLoandaLivingstonewasattackedbyafever，whichreducedhimtoaskeleton，andforawhilerenderedhimunabletoattendtohiscompanionsButtheymanagedverywellalone。
Somewenttotheforest，cutfirewood，andbroughtittotownforsale；
othersunloadedacoal-vesselintheharbor，atthemagnificentwagesofasixpenceadayTheproceedsoftheirlaborwereshrewdlyinvestedinclothandbeadswhichtheywouldtakehomewiththeminconfirmationoftheastoundingstoriestheywouldhavetotell；
“for。”saidthey，“incomingtothewhiteman’scountry，wehaveaccomplishedwhatnootherpeopleintheworldcouldhavedone；wearethetrueancients，whocantellwonderfulthings。”
Thetwoyears，atthecloseofwhichLivingstonehadpromisedtorejoinhisfamily，hadalmostexpired，andhewasofferedapassagehomefromLoanda。