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that river, and Lieutenant Grandy, with a crew of twenty Kroomen, 

 will accordingly he pulling up the Congo before many months are 

 over. AVhether he will really be able to penetrate to your unvisited 

 lake, or beyond it to Lake Lincoln, is, of course, a matter of great 

 doubt ; but it will at any rate be gratifying to you to know that 

 support is approaching you both from the west and east. We all 

 highly admire and appreciate your indomitable energy and persever- 

 ance, and the Geographical Society will do everything in its power to 

 support you, so as to compensate in some measure for the loss you 

 have sustained in the death of your old friend Sir Eoderick Murchison. 

 My own tenure of office expires in May, and it is not yet decided who 

 is to succeed me, but whoever may be our President, our interest in 

 your proceedings will not slacken. Mr. Waller will, I daresay, have 

 told you that we have just sent a memorial to Mr. Gladstone, praying 

 that a pension may be at once conferred upon your daughters, and I 

 have every hope that our prayer may be successful. You will see by 

 the papers, now sent to you, that there has been much acrimonious 

 discussion of late on African affairs. I have tried myself in every 

 possible way to throw oil on the troubled waters, and begin to hope 

 now for something like peace. I shall be very glad to hear from you 

 if you can spare time to send me a line, and will always keep a 

 watchful eye over your interests. — I remain, yours very truly, 



"H. C. Eawlinson." 



The remains were brought to Aden on board the 

 " Calcutta," and thereafter transferred to the P. and 0. 

 steamer " Malwa," which arrived at Southampton on the 

 l^th of April. Mr. Thomas Livingstone, eldest surviving 

 son of the Doctor, being then in Egypt on account of 

 his health, 1 had gone on board at Alexandria. The body 

 was conveyed to London by special train and deposited in 

 the rooms of the Geographical Society in Savile Row. 



In the course of the evening the remains were ex- 

 amined by Sir William Fergusson and several other 

 medical gentlemen, including Dr. Loudon of Hamilton, 

 whose professional skill and great kindness to his family 

 had gained for him a high place in the esteem and love 

 of Livingstone. To many persons it had appeared so 

 incredible that the remains should have been brought 

 from the heart of Africa to London, that some conclusive 

 identification of the body seemed to be necessary to 



1 Thomas never regained robust health. He died at Alexandria, loth March 1876. 



