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by the Filatahs, or others, upon the natives ; and 
learning, as far as possible, the nature and pretexts of 
such incursions. In fact, it is so desirable that every 
information should be afforded her Majesty’s Govern- 
ment, to enable them to judge of the propriety of 
retaining this portion of country, lately ceded to her 
Majesty, that the enquiries concerning it cannot be of 
too varied a character ; and, for this purpose, you are to 
keep a daily journal of observations, mentioning in it 
whatever may attract your notice, and furnishing me 
hereafter with a copy thereof.”* 
In fact, nothing was neglected that the most unwearied 
zeal and forethought on the part of the senior officer in 
command of the Expedition could devise for the accom- 
plishment of its objects. The variety of perplexing 
considerations and intense anxieties, which in so short a 
time crowded in upon him, were such, that nothing but 
moral courage of the highest order could have sustained 
even the most robust constitution. A Mind, however, 
which to human wisdom is inscrutable, has seen fit to 
establish His order of things in such a way, that our 
devices may not subvert. The officer in charge of the 
* Amelia,’ to whom the foregoing comprehensive instruc- 
tions were directed, was almost immediately obliged to 
be removed, on account of sickness, to the ^Albert.’ 
Mr. Kingdon, assistant clerk, in the ^ Soudan,’ was then 
Captain Trotter’s instructions to Lieut. Webb. 
