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preaching emphatically on the propriety of showing 
gratitude to the Almighty Preserver for having per- 
mitted us to escape the great dangers which had 
beset us. 
On the 5th, Mr. Coleman, assistant-surgeon, died. 
He was a most exemplary and consistent Christian ; 
almost his last words were “ I have no fears for the 
future.” While he uttered these, his countenance 
assumed a placid cheerfulness that was really affecting. 
The ‘ Ethiope’ merchant-steamer arrived last night. 
This small vessel belonged to Mr. Jamieson, a mer- 
chant of Liverpool, who employed her in bringing 
palm-oil from the native depots at the mouths of the 
rivers to his ships, which were stationed at a healthy 
part of Fernando Po. This of course entailed consi- 
derable additional expense, hut he was actuated by 
the benevolent intention of preserving the crews from 
the deadly effects of tlie swamps, on the banks of the 
rivers where the palm-oil is produced in abundance, 
but where ships are usually detained so long while it 
is collected by the dilatory native traders, that it is 
attended with great sacrifice of life. 
The commander of the ‘Ethiope,’ Mr. Beecroft, a 
fine old veteran of the coast, had resided many years 
at Fernando Po, and knew more of this part of Africa 
and the natives than any other European. He had 
already made a trading voyage up the Niger in the 
steamer ‘Quorra,’ belonging to the first disastrous 
expedition ; and had even proceeded about fifty miles 
