522 LIFE OF DA YID LIVINGSTONE, LL.D. 



inside the fence under a large tree. Jacob Wainwright cut an inscription on 

 the tree as follows : — 



1 Dr. Livingstone Died on May 4th, 1873,' 



and superscribed the name of the head man. The body was then preserved 

 in salt, and dried in the sun for twelve days. Kitumbo was then informed of 

 Livingstone's death, upon which he beat drums, fired guns as a token of 

 respect, and allowed the followers to remove the body, which was placed in a 

 coffin formed of bark. The Nassick boys then journeyed to Unyanyembe in 

 about six months, sending an advance party with information addressed to 

 Livingstone's son, which met Cameron. The latter sent back a few bales of 

 cloth and powder. The body arrived at Unyanyembe ten days after advance 

 party, and rested there a fortnight. Cameron, Murphy, and Dillon, were to- 

 gether there. The latter was very ill, blind, and his mind was affected. 

 He committed suicide at Kasakera, and was buried there. 



"Here Livingstone's remains were put in another bark case, smaller, 

 done up as a bale to deceive the natives, who objected to the passage of the 

 corpse, which was thus carried to Zanzibar. Livingstone's clothing, papers, 

 and instruments, accompanied the body. It may be mentioned that, when 

 ill, Livingstone prayed much. At Ilala he said, ' I am going home.' 



"Webb, the American Consul at Zanzibar, is on his way home, and has 

 letters handed to him by Murphy from Livingstone for Stanley, which he 

 will deliver personally only. Chumah remains at Zanzibar. 



"Geographical news follow. After Stanley's departure the Doctor left 

 Unyanyembe, rounded the south end of Lake Tanganyika, and travelled 

 south of Lake Bemba, or Bangweolo, crossed it south to north, then along 

 the east side, returning north through marshes to Ilala. All papers are 

 sealed and addressed to the Secretary of State, in charge of Arthur Laing, a 

 British merchant from Zanzibar. Murphy and Cameron remain behind." 



Surely this is one of the most affecting stories ever told 1 Feeling that 

 the marvellous physical power which had hitherto sustained him had at last 

 given way, he turned his face homeward with feverish eagerness. But the 

 end had come, and he knew it, and set himself to die among his followers as 

 became a hero and a Christian. We are indebted to a daily newspaper* for 

 suggesting how like a passage of Scripture the narrative of Jacob Wain- 

 wright, his negro follower, reads : " He rode a donkey, but subsequently was 

 carried, and thus arrived at Ilala beyond Lake Bembe, in Bisa Country, 

 when he said, ' Build me a hut to die in.' " The melancholy order was 



* "Newcastle Daily Chronicle," March 31st 



