CHAPTER XV.

THE LAST JOURNEY AND THE DEATH OF DR. LIVINGSTONE.

DR. LIVINGSTONE ANXIOUSLY AWAITS THE RECRUITS AND SUPPLIES SENT BY MR. STANLEY -- ON THEIR ARRIVAL SETS OUT SOUTHWESTWARD ON HIS LAST JOURNEY -- REACHES KISERI, WHERE CHRONIC DYSENTERY SEIZES HIM -- HE REFUSES TO YIELD; BUT PUSHES ON, TILL INCREASING DEBILITY COMPELS HIM TO STOP AND RETRACE HIS STEPS -- HE SINKS RAPIDLY, AND ON MAY 4TH BREATHES HIS LAST -- HIS ATTENDANTS TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO INSURE THE RETURN OF THE CORPSE TO ENGLAND -- LETTER FROM MR. HOLMWOOD, ATTACHÉ OF THE BRITISH CONSULATE AT ZANZIBAR 281