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KIND ATTENTION, 
witli broken constitutions, and enfeebled energies ; 
and it is to be hoped that many poured out their 
hearts to their Almighty deliverer, in the words of 
Hezekiah — “The living, the living he shall praise 
Thee, as I do this day.” It would be ungrateful not 
to record the kindness and attention of several per- 
sons connected with the West Afiucan Company at 
Fernando Po: Mr. White, the agent, had consi- 
derately thrown open his own residence to the recep- 
tion of the sick, and provided for the comforts of those 
who were in attendance ; Mr. Hensman, the medical 
officer, had also laid the officers of the Expedition under 
an obligation, by giving up his house to their use, and 
thus putting himself to great discomfort and inconve- 
nience. Mr. Lindsleger, the merry, good-natured clerk, 
too, had cheerfully rendered his assistance, and had 
been of continual service in procuring the comforts 
necessary for the sick; nor must the kind sympathy 
and aid of many of the “ dark daughters” of the place 
be forgotten : The recollection of acts of kindness 
under such circumstances can never be obliterated, 
while the recipients remember aught of the scene of 
their sufferings. 
On the 20th December, the ‘Albert’ reached West 
Bay, in the delightfully picturesque Island of Princes, 
whence, having procured fuel, and some stock for the 
convalescents, she steamed round to Church Bay. 
Here Madame Ferreira entertained, in her usual hos- 
