Wonders of the tropics; or, Explorations and adventures of Henry M Stanley and other world-renowned travelers, including Livingstone, Baker, Cameron, Speke, Emin Pasha, Du Chaillu, Andersson, etc., etc .. . back. His wishes were tenderly carriedout, and in this manner he was laid in the canoe, ferried over as rapidlyas possibly, and once more placed in his litter on the other side. Susi now hastened on with several servants to the nextvillage, thenow celebrated Chitambos, to superintend the building of a house for the reception of his beloved master, the rest of the party following more slowly
Wonders of the tropics; or, Explorations and adventures of Henry M Stanley and other world-renowned travelers, including Livingstone, Baker, Cameron, Speke, Emin Pasha, Du Chaillu, Andersson, etc., etc .. . back. His wishes were tenderly carriedout, and in this manner he was laid in the canoe, ferried over as rapidlyas possibly, and once more placed in his litter on the other side. Susi now hastened on with several servants to the nextvillage, thenow celebrated Chitambos, to superintend the building of a house for the reception of his beloved master, the rest of the party following more slowly, and bearing their precious charge through swamps and plashes, till they came, to their great relief, to something like a dry plain at last. The Last Stage. The strength of the great explorer was now ebbing rapidly away. Chumah, who helped to carry him on this the very last stage of his jour- LIVINGSTONES LAST JOURNEY. 345 ney, says that lis and his comrades were every now and then imploredto stop and place their burden on the ground. Sometimes a drowsinesscome over the suffbrer, and he seemed insensible to all that was goingon; sometimes he suffered terribly for want of water, of which, now that r. LIVINGSTONES BODY TO THE COAST, it was SO sorely needed, not a drop could be obtained, until, fortunately,they met a member of their party returning from Chitambos, with asupply thoughtfully sent off by Susi. A little later, a clearing was reached, and Livingstone again begged tobe set down and left alone, but at that very moment the first huts of Chit- 346 WONDERS OF THE TROPICS. ambos village came in sight, aid his bearers begged him to endure yeta little longer, that they might place him under shelter. Arrived at last at Chitambos, the party found the house their fellow-servants were building still unfinished, and were therefore compelled tolay their master under the broad eaves of a native hut for a the village was then nearly empty, a number of natives
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