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THE LAST TEARS OF LIVINGSTONE.
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to breathe. Susi, hearing that he was dead, told Jacob
Wainwright to make a note in the doctor’s diary of the
things found by him. Wainwright was not quite certain
as to the day of the month, and as Susi told him the
doctor had last written the day before, and he found this
entry to be dated 27th April, he wrote 28th April; but,
on comparing his own diary on arrival at Unyanyembe,
he found it to be the 4th of May ; and this is confirmed
by Majwara, who says Livingstone was unable to write
for the last four or five days of his life. I fancy the spot
where Livingstone died is about 11.25 degrees south and
27 degrees east; but, of course, the whole of this is subject
to correction, and, although I have spent many hours in
finding it all out, the doctor’s diary may show it to be
very imperfect.
I fear you will find this a very unconnected narration;
but my apology must be that the consul-general is not
well, and the other assistant absent on duty, and there is
“much work for me to do. Mr. Arthur Laing has been in¬
trusted with the charge of the remains and diaries, which
latter he has been instructed to hand to Lord Derby.
Trusting that you are in the enjoyment of good healt h
and with great respect, believe me, dear Sir Bartle, your
most obedient servant,
Frederic Holmwood.
To the Right Hon. Sir Bartle Frere, K.C.B., G.C.S.I.,
&c., President of the Royal Geographical Society.
On the conclusion of the paper Sir Bartle Frere intro-