FATAL EFFECTS OF THE FEVER. 
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repose snatched from his duties, been disheartened by a 
feverish dream of his home and family.* 
On the 18th of September, the number of sick 
had increased to sixty, and death had already done 
fearftd execution among us. One officer. Assistant- 
surgeon Nightingale, and three men of H.M.S. ‘ Albert.’ 
John Peglar, stoker ; James Robinson, stoker ; John 
Burgess, seaman. Two of the ‘ Wilberforce James 
Kneebone, seaman ; William Rabling, sapper ; and 
one, Charles Levinge, captain’s steward, of the ‘ Soudan,’ 
had already fallen victims to the fever ; and the 
greater proportion of the crews of all the vessels were 
now suffering from it, or the premonitory symptoms of 
extreme lassitude and debility. 
Captain Trotter at first thought that if the sick could 
be conveyed to the summit of Mount Patt^h, the pure 
air of that elevated region might be a sufficient change 
to produce a beneficial effect on them. On further con- 
sideration, however, and consultation with Dr. McWil- 
liam, the chief surgeon of the Expedition, it was found 
that those who most required such a change, were unable 
to bear the fatigue of the removal ; and as it was the 
opinion of that medical officer, that the best chance 
of saving them, was in their being speedily taken to the 
sea. Captain Trotter eventually decided on sending away 
* That this weakness did not arise from any unmanly fear of meet- 
ing death, was proved by the last moments of this amiable man on 
board the ‘ Wilberforce,’ which exhibited a truly edifying instance of 
calm Christian-like, and even cheerful resignation. 
