DR. LIVINGSTONE’S LETTER UPON THE SUBJECT TO MR. BENNETT -- COMPARES THE SLAVE TRADE WITH PIRACY ON THE HIGH SEAS -- NATIVES OF INTERIOR AFRICA AVERAGE SPECIMENS OF HUMANITY -- SLAVE TRADE CRUELTIES -- DEATHS FROM BROKEN HEARTS -- THE NEED OF CHRISTIAN CIVILIZATION -- BRITISH CULPABILITY 238 CHAPTER XIV. THE ANIMAL KINGDOM OF AFRICA. SOME ACCOUNTS OF THE BEASTS, BIRDS, REPTILES AND INSECTS OF AFRICA -- LIVINGSTONE’S OPINION OF THE LION -- ELEPHANTS, HIPPOPOTAMI, RHINOCEROSES, ETC. -- WILD ANIMALS SUBJECT TO DISEASE -- REMARKABLE HUNTING EXPLORATIONS -- CUMMING SLAYS MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED ELEPHANTS -- DU CHAILLU AND THE GORILLA -- THRILLING INCIDENTS -- VAST PLAINS COVERED WITH GAME -- FORESTS FILLED WITH BIRDS -- IMMENSE SERPENTS --THE PYTHON OF SOUTH AFRICA -- ANTS AND OTHER INSECTS 248 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 CHAPTER XVI. THE CORPSE BORNE TO ENGLAND, AND LAID IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY. THE BODY OF DR. LIVINGSTONE BORNE TO UNYANYEMBE BY HIS ATTENDANTS, AND THENCE TO ZANZIBAR -- THE BRITISH CONSUL-GENERAL SENDS IT, WITH THE DOCTOR’S PAPERS, BOOKS, ETC., TO ENGLAND -- ARRIVAL AT SOUTHAMPTON AND AT LONDON -- THE PEOPLE VIE IN TRIBUTES OF RESPECT -- THE FUNERAL -- THE GRAVE IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY 289 CHAPTER XVII. FURTHER DETAILS OF THE DEATH OF LIVINGSTONE. THE LAST NIGHT -- EXPIRES IN THE ACT OF PRAYING -- COUNCIL OF THE MEN -- NOBLE CONDUCT OF CHITAMBO -- THE PREPARATION OF THE CORPSE -- HONOR SHOWN TO DR. LIVINGSTONE -- INTERMENT OF THE HEART AT CHITAMBO’S -- HOMEWARD MARCH FROM ILALA -- ILLNESS OF ALL THE MEN -- DEATHS -- THE LUAPULU -- REACH TANGANYIKA -- LEAVE THE LAKE -- CROSS THE LAMBALAMFIPA RANGE -- IMMENSE HERDS OF GAME -- NEWS OF EAST COAST SEARCH EXPEDITION -- CONFIRMATION OF NEWS -- AVANT-COURIERS SENT FORWARD TO UNYANYEMBE -- CHUMA MEETS LIEUT. CAMERON -- SAD DEATH OF DR. DILLON -- THE BODY EFFECTUALLY CONCEALED -- ARRIVAL ON THE COAST 298 CHAPTER XVIII. THE ANGLO-AMERICAN EXPEDITION.