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Some News of Dr. Livingston

           DavidLivingstonedied.Infact,onApril29th,thelittlecaravanhadreachedthevillageofTchitambo,tothesouthofthelake.Thedoctorwascarriedthereonalitter.Onthe30th,inthenight,undertheinfluenceofexcessivegrief,hemoanedoutthiscomplaint,thatwashardlyheard:"Oh,dear!dear!"andhefellbackfromdrowsiness.

           Attheendofanhourhecalledhisservant,Souzi,askingforsomemedicine,thenmurmuringinafeeblevoice:"Itiswell.Nowyoucango."

           Towardfouro’clockinthemorning,Souziandfivemenoftheescortenteredthedoctor’shut.DavidLivingstone,kneelingnearhisbed,hisheadrestingonhishands,seemedtobeengagedinprayer.Souzigentlytouchedhischeek;itwascold.DavidLivingstonewasnomore.

           Ninemonthsafter,hisbody,carriedbyfaithfulservantsatthepriceofunheard-offatigues,arrivedatZanzibar.OnApril12th,1874,itwasburiedinWestminsterAbbey,amongthoseofhergreatmen,whomEnglandhonorsequallywithherkings.

           

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