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offered to his lonely death in the wilderness, untended by any but 

 the poor natives whose affections he had won by his gentleness and 

 patience in the hardships and privations they had endured together, 

 and to whom alone England is indebted for the privilege of num- 

 bering his grave amongst her sacred national possessions. 



The remains of the great African Explorer were laid to rest in 

 Westminster Abbey on the i8th of April. The casket bore the 

 inscription — 



DAVID LIVINGSTONE, 



Born at Blantyre, Lanarkshire, Scotland, 



19 March, 1813, 



Died at Ilala, Central Africa, 



4 May, 1873. 



