NOTED MISSIONARY DEAD
Mil. F. S. AH NOT, 1'.11.G ,S. V3y s>lisE.rflr;i. j -l l i'e'«<i A 38ofria'U'tf4J chrlstchurch, Juno 29. News Jsas, been received in' Ckristchurcli of tho doatii it .Johai>i!C3t!i!rg ok M'ay 15 last of jJr. Frederick Staii' ley Ai'not, 1tJ4.&.5., the famaus ex* plorer snd missionary. It bar, been said of him that Central Africa owed mare to his work than any oilier man, with the exception of David Livingstone. The late Mr, Arnoi sjx?nt prac-tica-liy 33 years of Ms life in Central Africa, He left london 011 J u!v 19, ifiS'l, and went out- to Natal, whence lie- travelled through tlie Orange Free ■State and the Trnnsraal. and traversed the Kalahari Desert, finally reaching the Zambesi Kitor. Thence, he tiavelled tltrougli {>raotical-!y unknown country i'lomthoZanihesiioßcngucla, a port in .Portuguese teriiiorv, o.n the West ('oasi <si Africa, this journey 6eeu|>j-iti,3' ■i'mm Jttay, IBS 4, to May, 1-885,
From Benguek Mr. Amu. set out tin* follow in;; 111011 th. ou bfi great journey tljrottgh the wikls of Central Africa, frtiklfy rcacliitig in febniary, 1.88.6.-. There he esstn.b.l'isfed a- ntission among the Garcr,gauze pcopto, with vrr.nm he remained, for two yearsHi* return joUi'ne-y to IJcngitela ocpupied several mo.n-ths. and he finally veaclurl the coaft *is Sepiembci,_ 1883, He returned to Eiigl.Wtd., and. in J8?f) was made a, Fellow iif the Royal Geographical Soeiety, Sr,l«eqm>ntly Mr. Arnot. returned to Attica, and_ estabitShed a «l?aiii ol' MtifS'ioi't stations jn pentm-l Africa, and it wp.s owing to his efforts that Mr. -Dan .Ci'-jj'.vford; ibe noted r.iissioncry. was. established in N.ivtb-Wcs? Hholfsia, and that tlif Venerable Oo.illa.rd ©lit; by tlie S'tpncii Mfes|MKht Sefeiely to woi'k iii llir- Bafotse \*alley. til January I-a-St- Mrl Arnot : set- out with two .v-fltinp: white jnen't u an ex* nloring tour up t.h,! Valley of tiie ■ Ivabompo Tlivt'r. of ilie t-ribii-ta,-ties.of the Zambesi, He was. tak&ii fccriotis'y 111, ,'iud had to be e.-,n!c ; d-hack dhiier great dilfictlitieS to where he. died, at the age of -40.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2189, 30 June 1914, Page 8
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328NOTED MISSIONARY DEAD Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2189, 30 June 1914, Page 8
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