THE AFRICAN ASSOCIATION. 3%J 
wards to the native traders, but without success. 
Thus was the Association a second time deprived 
of the exertions of a man, whose courage and abi- 
lities afforded the fairest presages of success, while 
the shocking circumstances of his death could not 
fail to mingle the emotions of regret with the feel- 
ings of disappointment. 
