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sailed from England, and had afterwards suffered 
severely from the climate to which he was unac- 
customed at Sierra Leone, anxious to fulfil his en- 
gagements with the Company, with too great pre~ 
cipitation, before either his health was confirmed, 
or the rainy season terminated, resolved upon an 
expedition into the interior parts of the country, 
where he hoped to find an innocent, hospitable 
people, among whom he might pursue his re- 
searches to his own satisfaction, and the emolu- 
ment of his employers. Having obtained from the 
governor and council the most proper goods which 
the stores contained, for his disbursements on the 
journey, he proceeded up the river to Robanna, 
the island where king Naimbanna resided; and 
afterwards embarking in a sloop, commanded by a 
white slave-trader, sailed up the river Scassos. 
Having landed at the distance of twelve miles from 
Porto Logo, he attempted to proceed thither by land, 
but was robbed of all his goods on the journey. At 
Porto Logo, between seventy and eighty miles 
above Sierra Leone, he fell sick, and was conveyed 
in a canoe, back to the colony, where he arrived 
feverish and delirious, and expired without being 
able to give any distinct account of the expedi- 
tion. Mr Nordenskiold united undaunted resolu- 
tion to indefatigable application ; approbation of 
the colonial scheme, and attachment to his favour- 
ite science, induced him to engage in his laborious 
researches without any stipulated salary ; but to th<* 
