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' Wilberforce/ rendered it necessary for that vessel to 
descend the river, the ‘ Albert’ having sent away so large 
a portion of her’s, had restored in some degree her 
efficiency, especially as she had a good many more 
officers than the ‘ Wilberforce.’ They, therefore, con- 
sidering that vessel to be still capable of prosecuting 
the objects of the Expedition, would not abandon it 
while there was a hope of success. 
It was with much pain that Commander W. Allen 
felt himself compelled to differ in opinion from his 
colleagues, with whom, hitherto, perfect harmony had 
subsisted, but he offered his suggestions with a most 
anxious desire to forward the great objects of the Expe- 
dition. With his former experience, obtained in the 
same locality, by no ordinary amount of suffering, he 
could not help anticipating the results which actually 
followed, and how^ever much he regretted the decision 
of the Senior Officer and Commander B. Allen, he 
admired the unshaken courage of those gallant 
officers. 
If it had depended on human means, their zealous 
devotion to the cause on which they had entered would 
have ensured its success. If any one should imagine 
that the prosecution of the Expedition was too soon 
abandoned, we insert the above remarks, to show how 
unjust and ungenerous it is for those, who being them- 
selves in safety, undertake to censure the conduct of 
officers when surrounded by such extraordinary difficul- 
ties ; which did not, however, lessen Captain Trotter’s 
