MALOLO. 



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after a design by Mr. Drayton, by John Struthers and Son, of Phila- 

 delphia. The annexed wood-cut is a representation of it. 



(Front.) 



TO 



THE MEMORY OF 



LIEUTENANT JOSEPH A. UNDERWOOD, 



AND 



MIDSHIPMAN WILKES HENRY, 



UNITED STATES NAVY. 



(Rear.) 



LIEUTENANT UNDERWOOD, 



AND 



midshipman henry, 



feu, by the hands of savages 



while promoting 



the cause of science and philanthropy, 



at malolo, 



one of the feejee group of islands, 



july 24, 1840. 



passed midshipmen reid and bacon 



were lost at sea, off cape horn, 



MAY, 1839. 



(Right.) 



THIS 



CENOTAPH 



IS ERECTED BY THEIR 



ASSOCIATES 



THE ' 



OFFICERS AND SCIENTIFIC CORPS, 



OF THE 



UNITED STATES 



EXPLORING EXPEDITION. 



(Left.) 



TO 



THE MEMORY 



OF 



PASSED MIDSHIPMEN 



JAMES W. E. REID, 



AND 



FREDERICK A. BACON, 



UNITED STATES NAVY. 



On the 10th of August, in the afternoon, the squadron beat down 

 to Mali, and all necessary preparations were made for going to sea 

 the next day. Among these, several transfers were made in the 

 officers of the squadron. 



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