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The Last Journey.—Death.
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accompanied him some miles on the road, bade him
farewell. The journey to the coast was accompanied
with many dangers and difficulties : the rainy season
had set in, and swollen rivers and miles of inundated
country had to be crossed; but, as we have already
seen, Stanley reached Zanzibar in safety on the 7th
of May, 1872.
CHAPTER XXV.
THE LAST JOURNEY.—DEATH.
FTER Livingstone parted from Stanley at
Unyanyembe he never had speech with
a white man. No doubt he had been in¬
expressibly cheered by the companionship for awhile
with a friendly face, and the sound of a familiar
tongue ; by the news from the outside world, and the
intercommunication of heart with heart, from which
he had so long been debarred; with the assurance
that, although hidden from view in the wilderness, he
was not forgotten ; that his high aim and object were
understood, and his arduous labours and sufferings
were appreciated; that there were many ready to
render help in the good work to which he had devoted
himself, if the way could be made clear to do so.
We may be sure that the lonely man, bent on great
discovery, would be glad of the opportunity of un¬
folding his plans for ameliorating the condition of the
human race, with one who could understand and
sympathize with them ; and that he was strengthened