CKOCODILES. 
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there were four officers in cots close to him, they did 
not hear him move, nor did the sick attendants who 
were on the spot. Poor fellow, he kept up for some 
time. The boat was dropped astern, but it was 
doomed that he was not to be rescued, for he sunk 
and never reappeared. 
We were obliged to stop frequently during the day, 
being often in one and a half fathoms’ water, and 
getting on shore with a falling river, is, under present 
circumstances, too fearful to contemplate. 
In the afternoon several large crocodiles were seen 
on the banks, some of them not less than twenty feet 
long. Dr. Stanger fired at one of them and struck it 
near the neck. The ball, however, glanced off, as the 
monster quietly took to the water, and made for the 
rushes immediately afterwards. 
Some of the view's, on the right bank particularly, 
have been of the most beautiful kind. Looking- up 
some of the lateral branches, the eye beheld a long 
vista (so to speak) of w'ater, threading itself through 
interminable green groves. I know nothing in nature 
with w'hich to compare what I have seen of this kind 
of scenery, during the last two days. Were we only 
blessed with health ! 
At this period the anxiety of Dr. Stanger and 
myself for the safety of the vessel, and our mental 
anguish at seeing nearly all our shipmates in a help- 
less condition, cannot he expressed. 
Captain B. Allen w'as seemingly sinking in the 
