The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-04 00:00:00

DR. LIVINGSTONE.

By the courtesy of Mr. James Gordon Bennett. of the Neter
York Herald, the London papers, on Monday, were enabled
to publish the following Interesting details of the last Illness
and death of Dr. Livingstone :

" The Malwa arrived off Suez at eleven on Saturday
night, having Mr. Arthur Laing and Jacob Wain-
wright on board, with the body of Livingstone.

"The great traveller had been ill with chronic
dysentery for several months past, although well sup-
plied with stores and medicines, and he seems to have
had a presentiment that this attack would prove fatal.
" He rode a donkey at first, but waa subsequently
carried, and thus arrived at Muilala, beyond Lake
Bemba, in Bisa country, when he said to his followers,
' Build me a hut to die in.' The hut was built by his
men, who first of all made him a bed. It is stated
that he suffered greatly, groaning night and day. On
the third day he said, I sin very cold; put more grass
over the.hut.'

His follower! did not speak to or go near him.
Kitumbo, chief of Sifter however, sent flour and beans,
and behaved well to the party. On the fourth day
Livingstone became insensible, and died about midnight.
Majuahra, his servant, was present. His last entry in
the diary was on April 27. He spoke much and sadly
of home and family. When first seized he told fol-
lowers he intended to exhange everything for ivory
to give to them, and tp push on to Ujiji and
Zanzibar, and try to reach England. On the day of
his death these men consulted what to do, and the
Nas-ick boys determined to preserve the remains. They
war, however, afraid to inform the chief of Living-
stom's death, and the secretary, therefore, removed
the body to another hut, around which he built a
_ll4h
fence to insure privacy. Here they opened the by
and removed the internals, which were placed in a tin
box and buried inside the fence under a large tree.
Jacob Wainwright cut an inscription on the tree
as follows Dr. Livingstone died on May 4, 1873'
—and superscribed the name of the head man,
SUNS,. 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 al-
lowed the followers to remove the body, which was
placed in a coffin formed of bark. The 18Tassick boys
then journeyed to Unyanembe in about six months,
sending an advance parts- with information addressed
to Livingstone's Ron, which met Cameron. The latter
sent back a few bales of cloth and powder. The body
,Irlived at Unyanembe ten days after advance party,
slid reefed there a fortnight. Cameron, Murphy, and
Dillon were together there. The latter was very ill,
blind, and his mind was affected. He committed
suicide it Kusakera, and was buried there.
"Hers 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 instrwnents accompanied the
body. It may he mentioned, that when ill, Living-
stone prayed much. At Mullahs he said, lam going

"Webb, the American Consul at Zanzibar, is on
his way home, and haa letters handed to him by
Murphy from Livingstone for Stanley, which he
will deliver personally only. Chumah remains at
Zanzibar.

" Geographical news follows. After Stanley's de-
parture the Doctor left Unyanyembe, rounded the
south end of Lake Tanganyika, and travelled south of
Lake Bemba or Bangneoleo, crossed it south to north,
then along the east side, returning north through
marshes to Muilala All papers are sealed, and ad-
dressed to the Secretary of State, in charge of Arthur
Laing, a British merchant from Zanzibar. Murphy
and Cameron remain behind."