A 
MEMOIR OF THE LIFE 
OF 
DRR Rel TF OE E T;* 
Amonest the numerous sacrifices consequent on the 
unfortunate expedition to the Niger, science is not without her 
peculiar loss. Whatever reliance may be placed on wealth 
and a careful choice of means, it must be admitted that little. 
has been accomplished by the numerous and deeply calculated 
plans for obtaining a more perfect knowledge of the interior 
of Africa. Amongst many other individuals, one of the 
naturalists of the expedition, to whose memory the following 
pages are dedicated, has succumbed to the destructive 
influence of the climate. If, however, according to the 
expression of a philosopher, it be the province of eloquence 
to commemorate illustrious minds, whose labours, owing 
to an unfortunate concurrence of circumstances, have not 
been productive of commensurate effects, and so, to com- 
pensatef for the want of incident, a more skilful pen than 
mine is requisite. I must be contented to show what the 
world and what science have lost, by the simple relation 
of a few circumstances, and by extracts from the last official 
records of the deceased. 
Julius Rudolph Theodor Vogel, or as he frequently called 
himself by an abridgement of his baptismal name, Theodor 
Vogel, was born at Berlin, on the 30th of July, 1812. 
While yet a boy, he showed a decided inclination for the 
* Translated from the German of Dr. L. C. Treviranus, in the Linnea, 
vol. x, by the Rev. M. J. Berkeley.—Ep. 
t F. Hemsterhuis, Œuvres philosophiques, 1. 268. « 
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