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obeyed. "The hut was built by his men, who first made him a bed. He 

 suffered greatly, groaning day and night. On the third day he said, ' I am 

 very cold ; put more grass over the hut.' " And then we are told of the silent 

 behaviour of his followers in the face of the grim enemy of man. They " did 

 not speak to or go near him." 



The language of savage tribes, when speaking under strong feeling, is 

 frequently characterised by remarkable force and beauty ; and here was a 

 tragedy which had so moved his humble and ignorant follower, that in nar- 

 rating its incidents he rises to a height of graphic simplicity. 



The "Times of India" (received March 30th) publishes the following, in 

 despatch from its correspondent at Zanzibar, dated February 11 : — 



"Dr Dillon and Lieutenant Murphy proceeded to Zanzibar with the 

 remains of Dr. Livingstone, but a most melancholy misfortune happened on 

 the way. Dr. Dillon, nearly blind and worn out with fever, commited sui- 

 cide on the way down. He shot himself through the head, pulling the trigger 

 with his toe. I reiterate my former statement, that in regard to the expedi- 

 tion, it is simply a march to death. They had, at the very least, a six or 

 seven years' march before them. All the funds at their command were ex- 

 pended, and before six months they were short of supplies. The expedition 

 is virtually broken up, unless Lieutenant Cameron is possessed of superhuman 

 endurance." 



There is little to add to what is already told of the last hours of the 

 great traveller. For the last few days of his life he wished to be alone, 

 and conversed with none but his two head men ; but all his followers came 

 to the door of his hut every morning to greet him. More than once they 

 had to fight before they could pass on their way with the body. The donkey 

 on which he rode at the last was killed by a lion on the way to the coast. 



The Peninsular and Oriental steamship Malwa, having the body, arrived 

 in the Solent between six and seven o'clock on the morning of Wednesday, 

 the 15th April. Dr. Moffat, the famous African missionary, and father-in-law 

 of Dr. Livingstone ; W. Oswell Livingstone, the second surviving son of the 

 great traveller ; Henry M. Stanley ; the Rev. Horace Waller, an old friend 

 and fellow-traveller of Dr. Livingstone ; Mr. A. Laing, of Zanzibar ; Mr. W. 

 F. Webb of Newstead Abbey, and Mr. James Young, had been in South- 

 ampton since the preceding Saturday, for the purpose of receiving the body. 

 Messrs. Webb and Young are the gentlemen whose names have been so hap- 

 pily associated with the great river the Lualaba by Dr. Livingstone, in grati- 

 tude for the many friendly services they had rendered to him, and to the 

 great work to which he dedicated his life. 



Several of the above gentlemen, accompanied by Admiral Hall, entered 

 a tug-boat belonging to the Peninsular and Oriental Company, and steamed 

 down the Solent to meet the Malwa. Getting on board, they were received 



