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plants dry, with the help of the sun and steam-engine ; but I 
have still to look to them again, and often find cause enough 
for repeating the process. Notwithstanding all this trouble, 
the specimens are bad, they fall to pieces and mould con- 
tinually ; and I must sit down under the sorry consolation, 
that I have effected with all my zeal as much as cireumstances 
would allow." 
On the 9th of August, the little fleet, after it had directed 
its course from Accra straight across the Bight of Benin, 
reached that mouth of the Niger which is called Nun, and 
Vogel writes from thence on the day of arrival, as follows : 
* Last night, without any remarkable wind, there was so 
strong a rocking of the ship, that I scarcely slept a wink. I 
was up late for the first time, namely, after eight o'clock, and 
was not present at the morning prayers; which a German 
Missionary, from Sierra Leone, the Rev. Frederick Schön, 
performs from half past seven to eight. Breakfast comes 
between eight and nine: to-day we had ham and yams, and 
as usual, coffee without milk. The atmosphere was so thick 
that we could often not see half a mile, though when there 
was for a moment a clear sky, we descried the mouth of a 
river, which we took for the Nun; therefore we anchored 
about six miles from the shore. The rain came down 
in torrents, and the whole of the gun-room was flooded. 
I betook myself to my cabin, from the window of which 
I let down the shutter to enable me to see; but the 
cabin and bedding were soon so soaked from the entrance 
of the rain, that I was obliged to fly to the deck in my. 
mackintosh. The awning is not waterproof, and the water 
stood in many places two inches deep; nevertheless, I tried 
to wile away the time there till dinner. This takes place 
between two and three, and, thanks to preserved meats, yams, 
pastry, &c., is very comfortable. Afterwards, the carpenter 
Was in requisition to make my cabin water-tight. The 
window-shutter was closed and the bed dried, as well as 
circumstances permitted. The stove was again placed in 
the gun-room; so that we had the pleasant warmth of 
