PASSAGE DOWN. 
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verified. It was the last time he saw poor Bird 
Allen. 
As there were so many cases of fever now in the 
‘ Wilberforce/ and only one medical man, Dr. Pritchett — 
Assistant-Surgeons Thomson and Stirling having been 
lent to ‘ Soudan’ — Captain Trotter, on application, sent 
Assistant-Surgeon Woodhouse. 
An exchange was made with the clergymen ; — the 
Rev. Mr. Muller coming on board ‘ Wilberforce,’ and 
Mr. Schdn joining the ‘Albert,’ for the purpose of 
extending — as far as that vessel might go — his obser- 
vations on the disposition of the chiefs to receive mis- 
sionaries, which was indeed the peculiar object of 
that reverend gentleman in accompanying the ex- 
pedition. 
Lieutenant Strange took charge of the navigation 
of the ‘Wilberforce,’ which he conducted with great 
skill, and we rapidly descended as far as the new town 
of Adda Kuddu, where we were obliged to anchor to 
procure some firewood, as the ‘iVlbert’ having a longer 
voyage, could spare us but a small quantity of coals, of 
which she had not much more than ourselves. For- 
tunately we were not long delayed here : about twelve 
hours’ fuel were purchased, thanks to the good will of 
our excellent old friend the Anajah. He had long been 
expecting a promised present, which our multifarious 
and painful occupations had deferred. A handsome 
tohe and some other useful articles were now sent to him. 
At 2 P.M. we weighed anchor. Current and stream 
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