CHAPTER V. 
The ‘AlbertV sick landed at Fernando Po — Death of Mr, Willie — 
Condition of the sick— Captain Trotter’s sufferings— Doctor Mc- 
William attacked with river fever — Death of Commander Bird 
Allen — Tribute to his memory — Kru S3unpathy — An interesting 
scene — Death of Lieutenant Stenhouse — Further mortality— De- 
parture of Mr, CaiT for the Model Farm — Captain Trotter leaves 
for England — The smokes — Agreeable effects of tornadoes — Death 
of Doctor Vogel — His unwearied exertions and zeal in the cause of 
science — Kind attentions received by the Expedition from Mr. 
White and the other residents at Clarence— The ^ Albert’ leaves 
Clarence Cove for Ascension — Passage — A short account of the 
Niger fever — Modes of treatment— Quinine strongly recommended — 
Probable causes of the fever — Influence of diet. 
On the arriral of H.M.S.V. ‘Albert’ at Clarence 
Cove, Fernando Po, Dr. McWilliam lost no time in 
having the sick removed on shore, the large store- 
rooms above the houses of the West African Company 
having been at once adapted for the reception of the 
seamen and marines, by Mr. White, the agent, who, 
with Mr. Hensman, the medical resident, most con- 
siderately gave up their own private dwellings for the 
use of the sick officers. Captain Trotter, still in a 
state of extreme debility. Commander Bird Allen and 
