452 DAVID LIVINGSTONE. [chap. xxn. 



set all doubt at rest. The state of the arm, the one 

 that had been broken by the Hon, supplied the crucial 

 evidence. " Exactly in the region of the attachment of 

 the deltoid to the humerus " (said Sir William Fergusson 

 in a contribution to the Lancet, April 18, 1874), "there 

 were the indications of an oblique fracture. On moving 

 the arm there were the indications of an ununited 

 fracture. A closer identification and dissection displayed 

 the false joint that had so long ago been so well recog- 

 nised by those who had examined the arm in former 

 days. . . . The first glance set my mind at rest, and 

 that, with the further examination, made me as positive 

 as to the identification of these remains as that there has 

 been among us in modern times one of the greatest men 

 of the human race — David Livingstone." 



On Saturday, April 18, 1874, the remains of the great 

 traveller were committed to their resting-place near the 

 centre of the nave of Westminster Abbey. Many old 

 friends of Livingstone came to be present, and many of 

 his admirers, who could not but avail themselves of 

 the opportunity to pay a last tribute of respect to his 

 memory. The Abbey was crowded in every part from 

 which the spectacle might be seen. The pall-bearers were 

 Mr. H. M. Stanley, Jacob Wainwright, Sir T. Steele, Dr. 

 Kirk, Mr. W. F. Webb, Eev. Horace Waller, Mr. Oswell, 

 and Mr. E. D. Young. Two of these, Mr. Waller and Dr. 

 Kirk, along with Dr. Stewart, who was also present, had 

 assisted twelve years before at the funeral of Mrs. Living- 

 stone at Shupanga. Dr. Moffat too was there, full of sor- 

 rowful admiration. Amid a service which was emphatically 

 impressive throughout, the simple words of the hymn, 

 sung to the tune of Tallis, were peculiarly touching : — 



" God of Bethel ! by whose hand 

 Thy people still are fed, 

 Who through this weary pilgrimage 

 Hast all our fathers led." 



