10 MESSRS. ALLEN AND JORDAN. 



to proceed to Milford, which place at that time 

 was still uninfected : we were to remain there 

 till we had ascertained that we were perfectly 

 free from the disease, and then to proceed in 

 company to the river Nun, calling at Cape 

 Coast Castle for Kroomen and interpreters. In 

 case of parting company, the harbour of Port 

 Praya in the island of St. Jago was the ap- 

 pointed rendezvous. 



Before leaving Liverpool we were joined by 

 Lieutenant William Allen, R.N. a gentleman for 

 whom the admiralty had requested a passage in 

 one of the vessels, for the purpose of making a 

 survey of the river. The company had very 

 liberally granted this request, although they had 

 not received the slightest assistance or encou- 

 ragement from any department of the govern- 

 ment. The admiralty remained pledged on the 

 occasion that no information should be given 

 to the public by this officer without the express 

 permission of the company. About the same 

 time we were also joined by Mr. Jordan, a 

 young man of amiable manners and considerable 

 acquirements, whom it was intended to establish 

 in the interior of the country, provided his health 

 could withstand the effects of the climate ; but 



