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Thames Star, Volume III, Issue 1692, 5 June 1874, Page 2

' i A young lady, of the oldr school, who does not go in for competitive examinations, was asked what culwc feet were; She said, i'Not pretty." She had an immediate offer.

THE LAST HOURS OF DR. LTV. INGSTONE.

The following particulars concerning the last hours of Dr. Livingstone have been received by telegram :—'• The Maiwa arrived off Suez on March 28, having Mr Arthur Laing and Jacob Wainwright on board, with the body of Livingstone. He had been ill with chronic dysentery for several months past, and, although well supplied with stores and medicines .he seemrto have had a presentiment that the attack,would prove fatal. Ho.rode a donkey, but was 'subsequently darned, .and thus arrived at Muilala, beyond Lake Bemba, in JBisa country, when he-faid, 'Build me a.hut to die in.' "^The hut was built by his followers, ; who first made.^;him^';^;::be'iJ;t'.''.'.He. suffered greatlyl; groaning-night an&aajM iJOa the third-day he said>- M am? vmr coW^ put? more grass over the hut.' His followers idid^ot speak or go near hint; Kitumbo. chief of Bisa, sent flower and beani, 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 diary was on April 27. He. spoke much and sadly of home and family:' When first seized he^ told~his followers he intended to exchange everything for ivory to give to them, and to push on to Diifi and Zanzibar and try ~to reach Ettglanl On the day olhin death the follower*, con' suited what to do. The Nassiek boys determined to , preserve .• the remains. They were afraid to inform the chief of Livingstone's,death. ,The secretary removed the body to • another Kut, around which he built a high fence to ensure privacy. They opened the body' and removed the entrails, 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: rrjDr Livingstone died on' May 4, J. 873,' and superscribed the name of the head man Susa. The body was preserved in salt and dried in the, sun for twelve days. Kitumbo was then informed of the death, -and beat drums and fired, as a token of respect, and allowed the Mowers to remove the body, ,which was' placed in a coffin formed of bark, then, journeyed to Unyanyembe about 'six months, sending an advanced party with information *addressed to Livingstone*! son, which met Cameron. The latter sent back bale* of cloth and powder. The body. arrived at Unyanyembe ten days after advance party,, and rested" there a , fortnight. Cameron, Murphy, and- Dillon together there; latter very ill, blind/and mind affected; suicided at J-Casakera ; buried there. , Here Livingstone's remains were put in another bark case, smaller, done up as a bale to deeeivethe natives, who objected to the passage Qf,£he corpse, which was thus carried to Zanzibar. Livingstone's clothing^ papers, and instruments accompany the, bpd^^TVhenjv ill Livingstone praye%^iuch. At Muilala,'he said, *I am going home.' remains at Zanzibar. - Webb, American Consul at Stnribarr ia oiTnis wayTiomerahd has letters handed to him by Murphy from Livingstone for Stanley, which he will deliver personally Geographical news follows. After Stanley's departure 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 east side/ returning north through marshes to Muilala. All papers sealed ; address, Secretary of State, in charge of Arthur Laing, a British merchant from Zanzibar. Murphy, and Cameran remain behind."—Home News.