VOYAGE OUTWARDS* 
cient to compensate for the encumbrance of the 
machine. Captain Tuckey, however, conceived 
that if the engine was taken out, the boat itself 
was calculated to answer every requisite purpose. 
This vessel, called the Congo, was therefore em- 
ployed, and accompanied by the Dorothy trans- 
port of 350 tons. Mr Barrow drew up a series 
of memoranda, which may be considered as a 
model for similar instructions. They appear, in- 
deed, to embrace every object which should oc- 
cupy the attention of such an expedition ; whe- 
ther relating to the conduct of the enterprise, the 
collection of information, or the preservation of 
health ; to which last instructions, unfortunately, 
the officers, in their ardent zeal, paid too little re- 
gard. 
The expedition quitted Deptford on th^ l6th 
February 1816 ; but from contrary winds and 
various accidents they did not clear the channel 
till the 19th of March. On the 2d of April they 
arrived at Porto Praya, in St Jago, one of the 
Cape de Verde islands, where they remained till 
the 19th, during which interval they obtained a 
good deal of information respecting this little 
known group of islands. The passage to Congo 
was very tedious, in consequence of their keeping 
too near the coast, w here they were disappointed 
of the sea breezes, which were expected to have 
accelerated their course. They suffered also 
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