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partial knowledge of the engine had been so useful 
during the last three days, was added to the sick list, 
being quite unfit for the least duty. Lieutenant 
Fishbourne was therefore himself obliged to keep the 
engine working until they reached Clarence Ooye, Fer- 
nando Po, where the arrival of the other vessels was 
awaited with anxiety. Some of the sick improved, 
but Lewis Wolfe, a quiet and well-behaved young man 
from the ‘Albert,’ breathed his last on the 27th, 
worn to a shadow by a disease which resisted every 
remedy. He was the first of the Expedition buried 
at Fernando Po. His remains were laid in the 
small spot appropriated as a burying-place, where so 
soon afterwards Captain Bird Allen, and several other 
brave spirits, found a last resting-place. On the 30th, 
Lieutenant Fishbourne was laid down with violent 
fever; and on the arrival of ‘ Wilberforce,’ was removed 
to that vessel ; Mr. Strange, first Lieutenant, was put 
in temporary command of ‘ Soudan,’ with orders to get 
ready with all possible dispatch. That officer had 
fortunately been proof against the effects of the 
climate which had prostrated nearly all others. 
As there was no diminution of the sick list, but on 
the contrary, many were still in a very dangerous 
state. Commander Allen was resolved to leave Fer- 
nando Po as soon as possible, — its reputation for un- 
healthiness being second only to the fatal Niger, — and 
to proceed to Ascension, as the best means under 
Providence of enabling the crew of ‘Wilberforce’ to 
