442 ACROSS AFRICA. [Chai', 



March, King, arrived, and in her I took a passage for Liverpool. Our 

 1876. voyage home was long and tedious, owning to the number of 

 ports at which we called, numbering nearly seventy. 



At every place we touched I was most warmly welcomed. 

 At Loango, Dr. Loesche Pechel, of the German expedition, per- 

 sisted in coming off to see me, although it was a perilous un- 

 dertaking, causing him to be capsized six times in the surf. 



At the Gaboon, the French authorities were most kind and 

 courteous. Admiral Rebourt, commanding the South Atlantic 

 squadron, was there in his flag-ship, and sent his barge to take 

 me on board to breakfast with him, and his officers vied with 

 each otlier in offering kindnesses of every description. 



SIERRA LEOi<E. 



At Lagos, where we staid thtee days, I was the guest of the 

 lieutenant-governor, Caj)tain Cameron Lees, and, before leav- 

 ing, had the good fortune to meet the commodore on board the 

 Active. 



At Cape Coast I found Captain Strachan, C.M.G., as govern- 

 or, who, until we met, had no idea that I was the same Cameron 

 whom he had known as a small midshipman on board the Vic- 

 tor Emmamiel, when he was aid-de-camp to Sir Henry Storks 

 at Corfu. 



Wliile I was at Sierra Leone the Encounter came in, and I 

 had a joyful meeting with Captain Bradshaw, my old captain 

 in the Star during the Abj'ssinian campaign. 



Again, at Madeira, 1 met the Channel squadron and many old 



