310 DEATHS OF M'KENZIE AND CAPT. HARRIES. 



and anchored near the Quorra and Columbine, 

 at the expiration of eighty-five days from leaving 

 England. 



The night before we entered the river, Mr. 

 M'Kenzie, the boatswain, died. He had been 

 seized a second time with fever. The day before 

 he died, he came on deck and appeared better. 

 About seven in the evening, I happened to go 

 into the forecastle, and found him lying on some 

 wood, quite dead. Poor fellow ! he was com- 

 mitted to the deep the same night with the pro- 

 per ceremony. The other invalids became better, 

 although his death tended greatly to depress 

 their spirits. The next morning a boat from the 

 Quorra visited us ; and I found that while the 

 sad ceremony was going forward, the same was 

 performing on board that vessel over the remains 

 of Captain Harries. The command of the 

 Quorra had devolved in consequence on Mr. 

 McGregor Laird, who held a considerable share 

 in the expedition. 



On the 211st of October, I was engaged with 

 Dr. Briggs in selecting and packing medicines 

 for the two steam-vessels, to take with them up 

 the river. The opinion was that they would be 

 down again in two months ; but Dr. Briggs very 



