THE WESTERN COAST* 
on the journey. At Porto Logo, between seven- 
ty 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 dis- 
tinct account of the expedition. Mr Norden- 
skiold united undaunted resolution to indefati- 
gable application : Approbation of the colonial 
scheme, and attachment to his favourite science, 
induced him to engage in his laborious researches 
without any stipulated salary j but to the excel- 
lent qualities of his mind, he did not add that 
caution which hazardous enterprises demand, that 
stubborn serenity of soul which accommodates it- 
self to every situation ; and thus the world was 
deprived of his inquiries in a tract which had 
never been traversed by the enlightened and 
scientific traveller. About the same period, a 
voyage was made by the agents of the Company 
to the island of Bananas, Camarangas river, and 
Plantain island ; which was successful in remov- 
ing the prejudices that had been imbibed by the 
native chiefs, from the misrepresentations of the 
slave-traders ; and procured such information con- 
cerning the character and political relations of 
the African tribes as was necessary to direct the 
intercourse of the colony. 
The fertile region which lies between Rio Nu- 
