The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-01-17

'lirH MARcH.-Mr stanley leaves; commit 10 MS
them are those OF American gold coin. anna and
han anna, and cake o. paint, with royal arms fosi'
lively not to be opened"
THE LAST JOURNEY
Livingstone was 10 walt III unyanyemDe till MT.
Sta nley could send him from the coast party OF
carriers and some additional supplies Meantime
he occupied himself in writing, calculations, mans
aud other KINDS OF preparations Tor the long Jour
ney before him, which was TO be his last Under
date OF May l, 1872 just one year before his dea h,
we find this entry :-.'FInlsned letter for tue
NEW YORK HERALD. trying 10 enlist American
zeal 70 stop the East Coast slave trade. pray
for oessing on IT nom the All Gracious" the
concluding words OF TINS letter as follows:-
"Ali can add in my loneliness Is, may heavens
rich blessing come down on every one, American,
English or Turk, VINO viii help TO heal the open
sore OF the worId.u 1t was felt that nothing could
more APPLY represent the man than this earnest
been INSCRIBED upon The tablet erected TO his
memory near his grave in Westminster Abbey
AT length on the l4tn OF August, nlty-seven men
arrived who had been sent forward by Mr.. STAN
ley and these with as little delay as possible. Dr.
Livingstone set out on his last journey. The march
was painful and eXhausting. soon alter leaving
Unyanyembe he was attacked by an Old chronic
disease, that occasloned great loss oil blood. lie
was oollged to cross the highlands near Lake Tan
ganyika on loot, for fear OF killing MS donkey, ana
partly because he ielt the heat OF the sun more
when riding Than when walking. But the hardest
OF Lake BangweolO. The whole country was SO
Hooded as TO resemble vast shallow lake. 1t
Iained almost necessarily. The native canoes are
so badly constructed that they would not live an
hour on the lake ii there was any wind ana ne
was obliged to wade from morning tlil hlgnt Gay
alter day, with no decent shelter when darkness
set in The country was deserted and desolate.
There was no game III the woods, ana whenever
he approached a native village the inhabitants,
mstaSlng MIN Tor a slave hunter concealed their
OF food ana ned in terror. Several times he
was mlsdirected by pretended guides, ana IN one
instance wandered ABOUT Tor whole fortnight
without being able to discover where he was or In
what direction to 60.
these fearful hardships soon began to tell with
fatal force upon constitution already weakened
by disease ana exposure. HIS strength ialiea rap
iil IN x.
cesslvely weak, and but Tor the DONKEY cOuid not
move hundred yards II is not az pleasure, tnis
70 great weakness. can scarcely hold nv pencil,
and my stick Is IA burden" From thls time ne
and TO mark on the map he was
making the streams he crossed. From the 22d to
the 27tn OF April he had not strength TO write
down anything but tue several dates. ON the 2lst
he wrote:-"r FRIED to ride, but was forced TO lie
down. and they carried me back to dle-ex-
hausted.n His two faithful ana intelhgent SER
wants, Susi and Chuma to whom the world is IN
debted Tor Its knowledge OF the last days vi the
great explorer, say that on this morning Dr. Llv-
lngStone tried II ne was strong enough 10 roe on
the donkey but he had onlv gone snort distance
when ne iell to the ground utterly exhausted
and laint. Susl Immediately undd his belt and
pistol. and picked up ms cap, which had
dropped OF, while Chuma threw down nus gun
ran 70 'o s On
so much blood there is no more strength left in
my legs you must carry me-" lie was then as
sisted gently TO Chuma's shoulders, and, holding
the mans head to steady himself, was borne back
to the village ana placed in the hut he had 80 re-
Gently lett.
His servants say that the next day they saw
that his strength was becoming less and less, and
in order to carry him they made u kltanda OF
wood, consisting OF Two SIDE pieces OF seven leet
IN length, crossed with rails three ieet long and
about four inches apart the whole dashed strongly
together This frame work was covered WIN
grass and a blanket laid on 1t. Slung rom pole,
and borne between Two strOng men, 1t made
paanaan ana ,S Sa n5 the
q Hooded grass plain. To render the Kltanda more
comfortable another blanket was suspended across
the pole. SO as to hang down on either SIDE ana
allow the air to pass under while the SUMS rays
were tended or from the sick man.
They continued to ADVANCE, by slow and short
marches through the nooded, treeless wastes.
some days not accomplishing more than an hours
march, owiDg TO the explorers great prostratl0n
on the 9th ne seems to nave been IN dying con-
oltion, ana his strength must have been taxed to
the utmost to write this, his last entry IN his
cover-sent to buy mllcn goats. We are ON the
banks OF the Monamo."
His strength was now at Its very lowest eDo
miles, says that they were every now and then
lmplored to stop and place their burden on me
GROUND. So great were the pangs OF his disease
during this day that he could make no attempt to
stand, and ii lifted Tor few yards drowsness
came over him. which alarmed them all excess
lively. on the Goth they reached Cnltampo's VII.
age, In lala, on The southern shore or Lake Bang:
weolo, and land him In hut on native bed,
raised from the floor by Sticks ann grass. Beside
the bed was placed box, on which The medicine
chest and sundry other articles were deposited
IL.
the door, and BOY slept just within TO
attend 10 his masters wants IN the nlgnI. The
night passed qu'et Ine next day D LvnG
till the morro~, which he was never to see In the
afternoon he Gked susi to bring his watch to the
bedside. ana explained 20 him the position IN
which to hold his hand while he slowly turned the
key.
LAST SCENE OF ALL.
SO the hours stole on till ngntfall. The men
silently took to their nuts, While others, whose
duty 1t was TO Keep Watch, sat round the tires, all
ieellng tnat the end could not be far off, About
eleven z. M. Susl, whose hut was close by, was
told to 20 to his master. AT the time there were
loud shouts in the distance, and, on entering, DR..
LIVING tone said. care our men making that
noiseW ''NO,n replied Susi. 81 can hear rom the
CRIES that the people are soaring away buffalo
nom their dura nelds.n A lew minutes aterward
the Luapuar few seconds alter he asked how
many days 1t was TO that river, and, on receiving
dearIn He then fell into a doZe.
About an hour alterward Susi heard the boy
ASKED TO bring some not water and the medicne
c0est, and TO hold tue candle near as the DOCTORS
sgnt was nearly gone. With great difficulty DR..
Livingstone selected the calOmel wnicn he told
Susi to place by his side; then, directing MIN to
pour little water into cup anu to put another
empty one by 1t, he said, III a low feeble voice,
Cali right; You can go out now" These were the
last words he was ever heard to speak.
About tour O'Clock IN the morning susl heard
am AFRAID; l don't know II he 10 alive" Susi
called Cnuma and four other men. and they en-
kneclng beside The bed, his body stretched IOr
ward, his head buried IN his hands upon the pill
low. Pointing to him, Majwara ald:-"Wnen
lay down he was just as lie Is now, and IL Is be-
cause find that he does not move that lear he
Is dead.n Tney asked the Lad how long be had
septl Mai wara said lie could not TELL but he was
sure that IL was some considerable time. The men
drew nearer. For q minute they watched MIN.
Then one OF them, advancing softly, put his hand
10 his cheek. The body was almost cold. The
great explorer was dead. 1t was not long before
the cUcks crew and the morning OF tie lst oil May
dawned.
The servants were IN a position OF peculiar din
Guilty. All Africans have such a horror OF the dead
that they snIlnK nom touching corpse; yet these
faithful men not only took upon themselves tue
task OF emDalrnlnQ the body oil their late master,
but OF carrying 1t back to the coast opposite Fan
Zlpar, where 1t could be surrendered TO MS coun-
trymen. with an intelligence rarely found IN
people OF their class they gathered up every scrap
OF ms journals and maps and all his Instruments
and carried them, with the 0ead body, tnrough
dreary regions OF forest and morasskver noun
tans ana across rivers, down to the distant coast
Theirs was truly heroic deed and one That viii
never be forgotten. 1t IL not pleasant to learn
that on their arrival at Zanzibar they were coldly
treated by the Insolent British officials, and not
evea allowed to accompany the remains OF their
beloved master on board the ship tina. conveyed