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however, early on the 3rd May, a special mourner arrived. 

 He came with the anklets which are worn on these occa- 

 sions, composed of rows of hollow seed-vessels, fitted with 

 rattling pebbles, and in low monotonous chant sang, whilst 

 lie danced, as follows : 



Lelo kwa Engerese, 

 Muana sisi oa konda : 

 Tu kamb' 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, Chumah, and Muanya- 

 se're held a thick blanket as a kind of screen, under which 

 the men performed their duties. Tofike and John Wain- 

 wright 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. Living- 

 stone 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 care- 

 fully 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 



* It has been suggested by one who attended Dr. Livingstone pro- 

 fessionally in several dangerous illnesses in Africa, that the ultimate 

 -cause of death was acute splenitis. — Ed. 



