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After this concession to the customs of the people amongst 

 whom they fomid themselves, Livingstone's faithful servants car- 

 ried his remains to the hut prepared for them, where Jacob Wain- 

 wright read the burial service in the presence of all his comrades. 

 The great hero's heart was removed arfd buried in a tin a little dis- 

 tance from the hut, and the body was "left to be fully exposed to 

 the sun. No other means were taken to preserve it beyond placing 

 some brandy in the mouth, and some on the hair." 



At the end of fourteen days, the body, thus simply "embalmed," 

 was "wrapped round in some calico, the legs being bent inwards at 

 the knees to shorten the package," which was placed in a cylinder 

 ingeniously constructed out of the bark of a tree. Over the whole 

 a piece of sail-cloth was sewn, and the strange coffin was then 



PECULIAR HEAD-DRESS. 



securely lashed to a strong pole, so that it could be carried by the 

 men. 



Under the superintendence of Jacob Wainwright, an inscrip- 

 tion was carved on a large tree near the place where the body was 

 exposed, giving the name of the deceased hero and the date of his 

 death. Chitambo promised to guard this memorial as a sacred 

 charge, and the melancholy procession started on the return journey. 



Completing the circuit of Bangweolo, the men crossed the Lua- 



