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■with the same disease. On shore no better tidings 
awaited us; for there also Mr. Carr, the superin- 
tendent, was found confined to his bed. He had been 
ill ten days, and was still in a yery doubtful state. 
In such circumstances the course to be adopted was 
soon determined upon. Captain Trotter was still 
much indisposed; but I communicated my wishes to 
him relatiye to the superintendent and the two Euro- 
peans, as well as my ideas regarding the future 
management of the settlement. He desired me to 
act, as under existing circumstances I best saw fit; 
and being confirmed in my opinion by that of Dr. 
Stanger, it was resolved at once to remove Mr. Carr, 
Mr. Kingdon, and Mr. Ansell, on board the ‘Albert,’ 
where they would have the benefit of medical assist- 
ance, in addition to that likely to accrue from change 
of climate. The natives had on all occasions been 
most friendly to the settlers; and labour and pro- 
visions in abundance were easily procured at moderate 
prices. We therefore had no hesitation in placing 
Ralph Moore, an American negro emigrant, whom we 
got at Liberia, and a man of steadiness and respecta- 
bility, in the temporary charge of the model farm, 
with Ncezer, a negro printer, from Sierra Leone, to 
look after the stores, and otherwise to assist him in 
the management of the establishment ; consisting of 
twenty negro men, women, and children, from Sierra 
Leone. 
The ‘Amelia’ was left for the protection of the 
