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Kalunganjovu's district, bought a large quantity of salt : this 

 was purchased of him for sixteen strings of beads; there was 

 besides some brandy in the doctor's stores, and with these few 

 materials they hoped to succeed in their object. 



Farijala was appointed to the necessary task. He had picked 

 up some knowledge of the method pursued in making post- 

 mortem examinations whilst a servant to a doctor at Zanzi- 

 bar, and, at his request, Carras, one of the Nassick boys, was 

 told off to assist him. Previous to this, however, early on the 

 3d of May, a special mourner arrived. He came with the 

 anklets which are worn on these occasions, composed of rows of 

 hollow seed-vessels, fitted with rattling pebbles, and in a low 

 monotonous chant sang, whilst he danced, as follows : 



Lelo kwa Engerese, 

 Muana sisi oa konda: 

 Tu kainb' tamb' Engerese. 



Which translated is — 



To-day the Englishman is dead, 

 Who has different hair from ours : 

 Come round to see the Englishman. 



His task over, the mourner and his son, who accompanied him 

 in the ceremony, retired with a suitable present of beads. 



The emaciated remains of the deceased traveller were soon 

 afterwards taken to the place prepared. Over the heads of 

 Farijala and Carras — Susi, Chuma, and Muanyasere held a 

 thick blanket as a kind of screen, under which the men per- 

 formed their duties. Tofike and John Wainwright were present. 

 Jacob Wainwright had been asked to bring his prayer book 

 with him, and stood apart against the wall of the enclosure. 



In reading about the lingering sufferings of Dr. Livingstone 

 as described by himself, and subsequently by these faithful 

 fellows, one is quite prepared to understand their explanation, 

 and to see why it was possible to defer these operations so long 

 after death : they say that his frame was little more than skin 

 and bone. Through an incision carefully made, the viscera 

 were removed, and a quantity of salt was placed in the trunk. 

 All noticed one very significant circumstance in the autopsy. 

 A clot of coagulated blood, as large as a man's hand, lay in the 

 left side; whilst Farijala pointed to the state of the lungs, 



