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for another interval the mortality ceased; the 

 Quorra having lost thirteen, and the Alburkah 

 two men. Two or three days having passed 

 without a death taking place, allowed us to hope 

 that some of us might survive the voyage ; but at 

 first, from the mortality occurring so rapidly, few 

 of us expected to be spared to tell the melan- 

 choly tale. The latitude of Damuggoo, where 

 our companions lie buried, is 6^ 31' N. 



On the 2l7th we arrived at Attah, Mr. Lander 

 in the Quorra still towing the Alburkah. On 

 the 28th Mr. Lander visited the king, who re- 

 ceived him, I understood, with more than usual 

 pomp. 



On the 5th of December I was able to write in 

 my journal, and I find the following entry : — 

 " Recovering slowly, but I hope surely. I have 

 living, Alexander Hector, purser ; John, the se- 

 cond steward ; Harvey, Kirby, Belfrage, and 

 Davies, seamen ; all as weak as myself, and 

 crawling about the decks more like spectres 

 than men. 



" ' A mother had not known her son, 



Amid the skeletons of that gaunt crew.' 



" Dr. Briggs has been closer run than myself, 



and for two nights I expected every moment 



would be his last : he is now, thank God ! doing 



