Complex sentence: The journey was almost aborted near to its beginning when Heber's chaplain, Martin Stowe, fell ill in Dacca and died there; after some hesitation, Heber decided that the tour should continue.
Split into simpler sentences: The journey was almost aborted near to its beginning when Heber's chaplain, Martin Stowe, fell ill in Dacca and died there. After some hesitation, Heber decided that the tour should continue.