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enabled to devote himself to the 

 objects of his voj^age. His fever 

 commenced on August 23rd, 

 while the expedition was tra- 

 versing the banks of the river 

 where it is intercepted by the 

 rapids. He was carried back to 

 the navigable part of the stream 

 in a hammock, on the shoulders of 

 the natives, and conveyed thence 

 in a canoe to the ships, being teji 



days in the passage. The symp- 

 toms of his complaint were an 

 extreme languor and general ex- 

 haustion, approaching at times to 

 a delirium. At lengtli his coun- 

 tenance became of a dirty yel- 

 low ; he grew much worse ; his 

 pulse became imperceptible at 

 the wrist ; and he expired after 

 uttering a devout prayer for the 

 welfare of liis family. 



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