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the usual complements for ships of war of their class 
was, therefore, departed from ; and the crews of all the 
vessels were composed of officers, petty officers, and 
artificers, with a very few able seamen and marines, and a 
small party of sappers and miners. All were volunteers ; 
and double pay was granted from the time of sailing. 
Many of these enterprising men having become even- 
tually victims to the destroying fever, we have subjoined, 
in the Appendix, a list of all the persons who were 
employed in the Niger ; and it may afford even at this 
distanee of time, a melancholy interest to numerous 
relatives, to know the cireumstances conneeted with the 
termination of their earthly career. 
The three naval Commanders, together with Mr. 
William Cook,* were appointed by Her Majesty as 
her Commissioners, empowered to make Treaties with 
the native chiefs on the coast of Africa, and prin- 
cipally on the banks of the Niger, for the suppression 
of the external Slave Trade, and for the establishment 
of lawful commerce. 
Besides the complement of officers appointed by the 
Government, several men of science, sent out by the 
African Civilization Society, accompanied the expedition, 
for the purpose of obtaining information respecting the 
countries we might visit. 
These were : Dr. Vogel, botanist ; Dr. Stanger, 
* This gentleman was honourably known to the public for his 
humane exertions in saving the lives of the crew of the ‘ Kent’ India- 
man, burnt at sea. 
