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Lieutenant Stenliouse evidently both far beyond all 
hope of recovery, were taken to the so-called Govern- 
ment House. Several of the junior olhcers were 
also in great danger, especially Messrs. W. H. Webb, 
mate, and W. Wilmett, clerk. Mr. Willie, mate, who 
had for some days been in a most critical state, gra- 
dually sunk, in spite of all the means used, and expired 
the evening of his landing. He was deeply regretted, 
being not only of an amiable frank disposition, but an 
excellent officer. Poor fellow! the fever seized him 
when all the other executives were prostrate, and feel- 
ing that much depended on his exertions, he continued 
at his duty in spite of the remonstrances of his medical 
friends, and it was only when both strength and reason 
forsook him that he yielded. He never complained of 
pain, always saying he felt quite well; while the 
sj^mptoms — continued heat and dryness of the skin, 
anxious manner, and nervous tremors — shewed too 
clearly the course the malady was taking. His remains 
were buried near those of kindred spirits. 
Immediately on the arrival of the ‘Soudan,’ Mr. 
Thomson, acting-surgeon of that vessel, was sent on shore, 
to assist I)r. McWilliam, who was beginning to feel the 
effects of his late extraordinary exertions ; and situated 
as the sick now were, in three different houses, at some 
distance from each other, it required no ordinary 
amount of strength to visit them as frequently as their 
cases demanded. The climate, too, was then extremely 
variable; the sun at one moment bursting out with a 
