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ultimate success to the undertaking, which can be derived 
from great zeal and ability on the part of those to whom the 
care of superintending the preparations is entrusted." 
The sailing of the expedition was announced, as follows, 
in the public prints : 
" London, 4>th March 1816. 
" The Congo, accompanied by the Dorothy transport, is now 
at the Nore, ready to sail the first fair wind, on a voyage of 
discovery up the river Zayr into the heart of Southern Africa. 
The Congo is about ninety tons, schooner-rigged, and draws 
about five feet of water. She is fitted up entirely for the ac- 
commodation of officers and men, and for the reception of the 
objects of natural history which may be collected in her pro- 
gress up the river. The gentlemen engaged in this interesting 
expedition in the scientific department, are Mr Professor Smith 
of Christiana, botanist and geologist ; Mr Tudor, comparative 
anatomist ; Mr Cranch, collector of objects of natural history; 
and a gardener to collect plants and seeds for his majesty's 
gardens at Kew ; besides Mr Galway, a gentleman volunteer* 
There are also two fine blacks, natives of the kingdom of Con- 
go, one of whom was born three hundred miles up the Zayr. 
The officers are Captain Tuckey, commanding the expedition ; 
Lieutenant Hawkey ; Mr Fitzmaurice, master and surveyor ; 
Mr Mackerrow, assistant-surgeon ; two master's mates, and a 
purser. In addition to the Congo, the transport takes out two 
double whale-boats, so fixed together, as to be able to carry 
eighteen or twenty men each, and accommodate them under 
an awning, with three months' provisions. These boats are in- 
tended to be drawn up to the upper part of any rapids^ or ca- 
taracts that may occur to obstruct the passage of the Congo." 
The result of this expedition was first announced in the fol- 
lowing letter : . 
