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CONGO EXPEDITION. 
ed the idea of the Thames, sometimes that of a 
Scottish lake. They arrived at a particularly fine 
and promising part of it, and Dr Smith, who in 
the early part of the voyage had been liable to 
despondence, was now in the highest hopes and 
spirits, when a combination of unfortunate cir- 
cumstances compelled them to stop. Captain 
Tuckey, in the short memoranda which alone 
remain as to this part of the voyage, does not 
fully explain the grounds of his determination. 
It appears, however, that the baggage canoe, 
by an unfortunate accident, went to pieces, and 
a great part of their utensils were thus lost ; 
that the natives, on whom now they entirely de- 
pended, became more and more unmanageable 
and refractory ; and that sickness and exhaustion 
were spreading rapidly through the party. Dr 
Smith, however, expressed the most bitter disap- 
pointment on bidding adieu to the river at the 
moment when it promised to yield a rich harvest 
of science. Four days, however, had not elapsed 
when he himself was attacked with the fever, and 
could, with the utmost difficulty, be conveyed down 
the river. As they proceeded downwards, the 
cloud of distress continually thickened. It was 
soon learned that Galwey was no more, and every 
account brought the report of new sickness and 
death on board of the Congo. Hardships multi- 
plied, as they became less able to struggle against 
