NARRATIVE. 



CHAPTER I. 



Arrival of the Governor at Fimchal. — The Proceedings of the New 

 Poicers. — Departure from Madeira. — Teneriffe. — Arrival at 

 . Bona Vista. — Senhor Martins' House. — Governor and Famili/. 

 — Societj/. — Manners. — Prisoners from St. J ago. — Going to 

 Mass. — Arrival of Despatches from Lisbon. — St. Antonio. — 

 Departure for the River Gambia. — Character of the Oicner of 

 the Schooner. — St. Jaa-o. — Arrival at Bathurst. — Mr. Boicdichh 

 Illness and Death. 



1 FEEL so great a repugnance to appear before the public, and 

 so great a distaste to those subjects in which I have lost my guide 

 and instructor, that the present narrative will labour under many 

 disadvantages, besides those which may arise from incapability. 

 It is but justice, however, to those who felt interested for 

 Mr. Bowdich in his public character, without any dearer tie of 

 friendship, and to those who make the cause of science their own, 

 to relate the circumstances of his last voyage, with their fatal 

 result. 



I particularly lament, that, contrary to his usual custom, his 

 notes were very few, and those so obscurely written, that even I, 



