162 MR. LANDER LEAVES FOR CAPE COAST. 



morning we again got under weigh, and at 7. 30. 

 anchored in the Nun. 



I had engaged a carpenter from the cutter, 

 and the Company had sent out an engineer, 

 Hugh Dunleary, a seaman named Samuel Harvey, 

 and a young man of the name of Moore as as- 

 sistant. The three former went on board the 

 Alburkah ; the latter accompanied Mr. Lander 

 in the boat to the Quorra, lying in St. John's 

 river. 



At 11 A. M. Mr. Lander left me, under a salute 

 of seven guns, and three hearty cheers from the 

 crew. Shortly after his departure, the steam 

 being up, I got under weigh for the Niger, and 

 at 2. 15 p. M. entered Louis' Creek, mentioned 

 in another part of this Journal. At 4 in the 

 afternoon we ran aground, owing to the failure 

 of the steam, and in about an hour afterwards 

 we got off, and at 7. 30 again ran aground. This 

 is the most difficult part in the whole river to 

 navigate. 



The next morning, after several ineffectual at- 

 tempts to get off, we at length succeeded in get- 

 ting the vessel into deeper water ; but owing to 

 the condenser being too hot, we were obliged to 

 remain another day at anchor in this dismal 



