Then they discovered that they had halted upon the edge of a small but precipitous cliff, and at the bottom of the donga beneath lay Mavoom--not dead, indeed, but senseless, and with three ribs and his right ankle broken.

For some days they nursed him there, till at length he decided upon being carried forward in a litter.

So notwithstanding his sufferings, which were intense, they bore him homewards by short stages, till ultimately they reached the Settlement.
That night Leonard examined Mr.Rodd's injuries, and found that they were fatal; indeed, mortification had already set in about the region of the broken ribs.

Still he lived awhile.
On the following morning the dying man sent for Leonard.

Entering the room, he found him lying on the floor, his head supported in his daughter's lap, while the priest Francisco prayed beside him.