182 DEPARTURE FOR FUNDAH. 



by our sufferings and adventures in each other's 

 company, the remembrance of which would 

 then serve to add an additional zest to the en- 

 joyment of civilised society. His remains were 

 deposited in a lovely spot on the eastern bank 

 of the river, by Hector and Sarsfield, the only 

 white men who were able to pay him this last 

 sad office. It was a place to which he had often 

 resorted when well, and one which will ever re- 

 main sacred in my memory. 



If my condition had been monotonous and tire- 

 some hitherto, it was now doubly so ; and, anxi- 

 ous to quit a scene which kept alive so many 

 distressing recollections, as soon as I recovered 

 my composure, I hurried on the preparations 

 for ray voyage up the Shary, and in the latter 

 end of March, taking with me seven Kroomen, 

 two boys, and Thomas Sarsfield, I was lifted 

 into the boat. A hurricane-house, which was 

 water-tight, had been built up abaft, sufficient 

 to hold two persons very comfortably ; and a tar- 

 paulin cover had been prepared for the Kroomen 

 and the goods. I left Harvey in charge of the 

 vessel, and Hector in charge of the goods, hav- 

 ing great confidence in both, and departed on 

 my voyage to Fundah. 



