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and explained to him the position in which to hold his 

 hand, that it might lie in the palm whilst he slowly turned 

 the key. 



So the hours stole on till nightfall. The men silently 

 took to their huts, whilst others, whose duty it was to keep 

 watch, sat round the fires, all feeling that the end could not 

 he far off. About 11 p.m. Susi, whose hut was close by, was 

 told to go to his master. At the time there were loud 

 shouts in the distance, and, on entering, Dr. Livingstone 

 said, "Are our men making that noise?" "No," replied 

 Susi ; " I can hear from the cries that the people are scaring 

 away a buffalo from their dura fields." A few minutes after- 

 wards he said slowly, and evidently wandering, "Is this 

 the Luapula?" Susi told him they were in Chitambo's 

 village, near the Mulilamo, when he was silent for a while. 

 Again, speaking to Susi, in Suaheli this time, he said, 

 " Sikun'gapi kuenda Luapula ? " (How many days is it to 

 the Luapula?) 



"Na zani zikutatu, Bwana" (I think it is three days, 

 master), replied Susi. 



A few seconds after, as if in great pain, he half sighed, 

 half said, " Oh dear, dear ! " and then dozed off again. 



It was about an hour later that Susi heard Majwara 

 again outside the door, "Bwana wants you, Susi." On 

 reaching the bed the Doctor told him he wished him to 

 boil some water, and for this purpose he went to the fire 

 outside, and soon returned with the copper kettle full. Call- 

 ing him close, he asked him to bring his medicine-chest 

 and to hold the candle near him, for the man noticed he 

 could hardly see. With great difficulty Dr. Livingstone 

 selected the calomel, which he told him to place by his side ; 

 then, directing him to pour a little water into a cup, and to 

 put another empty one by it, he said in a low feeble voice, 

 •"All right; you can go out now." These were the last 

 words he was ever heard to speak. 



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