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panions became at last ,so exhausted by fatigue and tlie nume- 

 rous privations, especially of water, to whirh they were exposed, 

 that they were obliged to retrace their steps. — With great dif- 

 ficulty they regained the banks of the Congo ; but scarce had 

 they embarked, when the effects of their journey began to di- 

 play themselves in the most fatal form. All of them were seized 

 with fever, and in a short time all but one (of those engaged ou 

 shore) fell victims to its fury. The following are the names of 

 some of the principal sufferers : 



Captain Tuckey, commander of the expedition ; Lieutenant 

 Hawkey, lieutenant of the Congo ; Mr. Professor Smith, bota- 

 nist ; Mr. Tudor, comparative anatomist ; Mr. Cranch, col- 

 lector of objects of natural history ; Mr. Galwey, a friend of 

 Captain Tuckey, who volunteered from pure love of science ; and 

 Mr. Eyre, the purser. 



In a letter from Mr. Mackerrow, the surgeon of the Congo, 

 and who remained ou board during the land expedition, the fol- 

 lowing particulars are added : 



" Of the eighteen who died in the river, fourteen bad been on 

 shore, marching for some time, and were far advanced before 

 reaching the ship. 



" Professor Smith, who saw many of them when taken ill, gave 

 to some a dose of calomel, but to others nothing had been ad- 

 ministered, 



" The fever appeared in some degree contagious, as all tlie 

 attendants upon the sick were attacked, and before we leit the 

 river it pervaded nearly the whole crew, also some of the trans- 

 port's ; but as for myself, although constantly among them, I did 

 not feel the slightest indis]wsition until we left the coast, when I 

 was attacked : however, I considered mental anxiety and dis- 

 turbed rest as the sols causes. 



" Captain Tuckey had been afllicted many years with chronic 

 licpalitis ; and on returning from travcl!ingy/'?;e weeks on shore, 

 he was so excessively reduced, that all attempts to restore the 

 energy of his system proved ineffectual. 



" Mr. Tudor was in the last stage of fever before 1 saw him, 

 as were Messrs. Cranch and Galwey. 



" ProiesKor Smith died in two days after he came under my 

 care, during \vhich time he refused every thing, whether as nu- 

 triment or medic'ne. 



" Lieutenant Hjiwkey was taken ill after leaving the river, and 

 died on the fourth day ; his case was rather singular ; symptoms 

 were irritability of stomach, with extreme languor and debility, 

 but he had neither pain nor fever. 



"■ Mr. Eyre had a violent fever, and on the third day breathed 

 his last: before death a yellow suffusion had taken place, with 

 vomiting of matter like coffee ground." 



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