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After this concession to the customs of the people amongst 
whom they found themselves, Livingstone's faithful servants car¬ 
ried his remains to the hut prepared for them, where Jacob Wain- 
wright read the burial service in the presence of all his comrades. 
The great hero's heart was removed and buried in a tin a little dis¬ 
tance from the hut, and the body was 'deft to be fully exposed to 
the sun. No other means were taken to preserve it beyond placing 
some brandy in the mouth, and some on the hair." 
At the end of fourteen days, the body, thus simply "embalmed," 
was "wrapped round in some calico, the legs being bent inwards at 
the knees to shorten the package," which was placed in a cylinder 
ingeniously constructed out of the bark of a tree. Over the whole 
a piece of sail-cloth was sewn, and the strange coffin was then 
PECULIAR HEAD-DRESS. 
securely lashed to a strong pole, so that it could be carried by the 
men. 
Under the superintendence of Jacob Wainwright, an inscrip¬ 
tion was carved on a large tree near the place where the body was 
exposed, giving the name of the deceased hero and the date of his 
death. Chitambo promised to guard this memorial as a sacred 
charge, and the melancholy procession started on the return journey. 
Completing the circuit of Bangweolo, the men crossed the Lua- 
