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and never descending below 60 degrees at night— such a cli- 
mate, in fact, as one would wish to live in ; but an anxious 
zeal and over eagerness to accomplish the objects of the ex- 
pedition, and to acquire all the information that could possibly 
be obtained, seem to have actuated every one, from the la- 
mented commander to the common seaman and private ma- 
rine, and led them to attempt more than the human constitu- 
tion was able to bear. The total number of deaths amount to 
18, of which 14 were on the land expedition. They consist 
of, Captain Tuckey, commander of the expedition ; Lieutenant 
Hawkey, lieutenant of the Congo ; Mr Professor Smith, bota- 
nist ; Mr Tudor, comparative anatomist ; Mr Cranch, collec- 
tor of objects of natural history ; Mr Galway, a friend of Cap- 
tain Tuckey, who volunteered from pure love of science ; Mr 
Eyre the purser ; the names of the remainder have not been 
returned. The Dorothy transport, that accompanied the Con- 
go into the river, lost but one man, and he fell overboard and 
was drowned. 
Extract of a Letter from Mr Mackerrow, Surgeon of the Congo. 
" Of the eighteen who died in the river, fourteen had been 
on shore, marching for some time, and were far advanced be- 
fore reaching the ship. 
M Professor Smith, who saw many of them when taken ill, 
gave to some a dose of calomel, but to others nothing had 
been administered. 
" The fever appeared in some degree contagious, as all the 
attendants upon the sick were attacked, and before we left the 
river, it pervaded nearly the whole crew, also some of the 
-transports ; but as for myself, although constantly among 
them, I did not feel the slightest indisposition until we left the 
coast, when I was attacked ; however, I considered mental 
anxiety and disturbed rest as the sole causes. 
