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the Alburkah, where I was glad to find Lieuten- 

 ant Allen perfectly recovered. I received from 

 him a note, written to me by Mr. Lander, merely 

 telling me, that he had thought proper to take 

 Captain Hill to the sea, in order to give him a 

 chance for his life. The next morning I went 

 down to the Quorra, and found her afloat, the 

 river having risen considerably since I left her. 

 I found Hector, Harvey, and the rest of the men 

 much in the same way, in point of health, as 

 when I left them ; and, for my own part, I had 

 returned as weak and helpless, after two months, 

 as I was when I started. 



As it appeared to me, that it was very impro- 

 bable that Mr. Lander would return ; that in the 

 present state of my own health there was little 

 chance of my surviving if I remained in the river ; 

 and as we had been long enough in communica- 

 tion with Rabbah, Egga, Toto, Domo, and other 

 towns, that had been represented to us to abound 

 in ivory and other productions, to discover that 

 the expectations which had been raised by those 

 representations respecting the profitable nature 

 of the trade were completely falsified, inasmuch 

 as we had not collected more than forty-five hun- 

 dred weight of ivory, I determined to take the 



