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the heartfelt regrets of his friends and compa- 
nions, on the following day, in the court-yard of 
Mr. Bateman, under the shade of two orange 
trees ; and an appropriate epitaph, written by 
Captain Campbell, and carved on a slab of na- 
tive mahogany, was placed on his grave. 
The day previous to his death, the expedition 
was joined by Lieutenant Stokoe, of the Royal 
Navy, and Hospital-assistant Nelson. They were 
accompanied by Lieutenant M*E.ae, of the 
Royal African Corps, and Thomas Buckle, 
Esq.* ; the latter was sent by his Excellency, 
Sir Charles McCarthy, to afford every facility to 
our departure from Kakundy, and was the bear- 
er of presents to Mr. Pearce (the nominal king 
of Kakundy having no power whatever in the 
country), without consulting whom nothing is 
done in that river even by the European traders. 
Lieutenant M'Rae, hearing on his arrival of 
Major Peddie's illness, and the little hope we en- 
tertained of his recovery, came forward with the 
most disinterested zeal, and told Captain Camp- 
bell that if his services were likely to be of any 
use to the expedition, he would readily accom- 
pany it; indeed he left Sierra Leone partly with 
that intention : and notwithstanding the great 
want of officers in that garrison at the time, and 
Member of the Council of Sierra Leone. 
