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LIVINGSTONE’S LAST JOURNEY. 
one of the latter serving as a table, were arranged at one end; a fire 
was lighted outside, nearly opposite the door; and Livingstone was 
tenderly and reverently carried from his temporary resting-place 
to that which was to be his last. A boy named Majwara was 
appointed to sleep inside the house, to attend to the patient's wants. 
Chitambo came early in the morning to pay his respects to his 
guest, but Livingstone was too ill to attend to him, and begged him 
''to call again on the morrow, when he hoped to have more strength 
to talk to him." In the afternoon the doctor asked Susi to bring 
him his watch, and showed him how to hold it in the palm of his 
hand, whilst he himself moved the key. The rest of the day passed 
without incident, and in the evening the men not on duty silently 
repaired to their huts, whilst those whose turn it was to watch sat 
round their fires, waiting for the end which they felt to be rapidly 
approaching. 
At about II P. M. Livingstone sent for Susi, and loud shouts 
being at the moment heard in the distance, said to him, "Are our 
men making that noise?" 
"No," replied Susi, adding that he believed it was only the 
natives scaring away a buffalo from their durra fields. A few 
minutes later, Livingstone said slowly, "Is this the Lualaba?" his 
mind evidently wandering to the great river which had so long 
been the object of his search. "No," said Susi, "we are in Chit- 
ambo's village, near the Lulimala." 
THE GREAT HERO’S LAST WORDS. 
A long silence ensued, and then the doctor said in Suaheli, an 
Arab dialect, "How many days is it to the Lualaba?" and Susi 
answered in the same language, "I think it is three days, master." 
A few seconds later, Livingstone exclaimed, "Oh dear! oh 
dear!" as if in terrible suffering, and then fell asleep. Susi, who 
then left his master to his repose, was called in about an hour by 
Majwara, and on reaching the doctor's bedside received instruc¬ 
tions to boil some water, for which purpose he went to the fire out¬ 
side to fill his kettle. On his return, Livingstone told him to bring 
his medicine-chest and to hold the candle near him. These instruc- 
