620 MEMOIR OF THE LIFE 



it. The light afforded by a palm oil lamp is worse than that 

 of the lamps which, in Germany, are allowed to servants, and 

 this is very bad when we have any work to do in the evening. 

 What I chiefly dislike is the host of ants, beetles, moths, &c, 

 which swarm every where : they are very destructive to my 

 collections, and I wage constant war with them. Besides 

 the wasps, flies of all sorts, lizards, salamanders and rats pay 

 us constant visits, so that a Zoologist ought to rejoice in 

 having so good an opportunity to make their acquaintance. ' 



While Vogel was busied in this manner with plans and 

 preparations for future exertions, which bade fair to be pro- 

 ductive, and this perhaps too early for his strength, the seeds 

 of the last fatal malady were developed. In December, that 

 is, at the time when the rain ceases to pour down in torrents, 

 cold and damp weather prevailed in the island, which is 

 highly prejudicial to Europeans. 



In consequence, on the 4th of December, Vogel was seized 

 with a dysentery which confined him to bed, and daily ex- 

 hausted his strength. Dr. Thomson, surgeon of the Soudan, 

 Dr. Mc William, of the Albert, and other physicians, paid 

 him the greatest attention, and Herr Roscher, the companion 

 of his journey, his fellow-lodger and friend, never left the 

 bed-side of the patient, who bore all the sufferings conse- 

 quent on his complaint with the strength of mind peculiar to 

 him, and without ever losing heart. In spite of all, on the 

 thirteenth day of his illness he departed, and without 

 pain, about mid-day, on the 17th of December. His death 

 was calm and peaceful. He had spoken daily of the ex- 

 pected wanderings amongst the mountains, and even a few 

 minutes before his death he asked his friend if he had got 

 every thing ready for their excursion. His mortal remains 

 were committed to the earth the same evening, by the side 

 of Captain Bird Allen, who departed before him. The ship s 

 company carried the coffin, which was attended by the com- 

 mander, Captain Fishbourne, Dr. Mc William, Captain Bee- 

 croft, Dr. King, Mr. Scott and his wife, and many of his 

 fellow voyagers, by all of whom he was esteemed on account 



