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of his benevolent and noble disposition, and his really Chris- 

 tian virtues. His little property, according to contract, came 

 into the possession of the African Civilization Society, and 

 it is to be hoped that his collections and journals, the 

 precious relics of an activity, which was extinguished at the 

 moment when a wider and more worthy field of action 

 presented itself, will not be lost to science. 



Vogel was by nature large and well-formed ; his constitu- 

 tion, with the exception of a slight weakness in the chest and 

 a tendency to rheumatism, was excellent; his countenance 

 serious but benevolent, and exciting confidence. Active, 

 without immoderate energy, he rested not till the work he 

 had undertaken was accomplished. As a man, he was a 

 fearer of God, of strict integrity, high-minded, indulgent 

 towards faults ; warm in speech, though with a constant ob- 

 servance of propriety. Towards his friends, he was always 

 true and devoted, towards his colleagues, upright, disinte- 

 rested and conciliatory. As a teacher, during the short time 

 he was so employed, he excited approbation and love, and 

 much was to be expected from him had he lived longer. 

 What he would have done as a writer, is incontestibly shewn 

 by his publications. 



Journal of the Voyage to the Niger of Dr. J. R. T. Vogel.* 



Wednesday, \2th of May, after 7 o'clock, p. m., we quitted 

 Devonport. Knowing that I should be attacked with sea- 

 sickness, and not be able to attend with accuracy to many 

 matters, I determined to confine my attention during the 

 voyage to the subject of temperature, and more espe- 

 cially to that of the sea, which I therefore ascertained 

 at noon, and noted in my meteorological journal. The 

 weather being favourable, I suffered less, although never 



* Translated from the original German Journal of Dr. Vogel, in the 

 possession of the African Civilization Society, by the kindness of F. 

 Scheer, Esq., of Kew Green.— Ed. 



