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MR. CARR. 
to Clarence Cove, ‘Soudan’ having preceded us. We 
found there Her Majesty’s brig ‘ Rapid.’ Lieutenant 
Earle reported that, in compliance with Captain Allen’s 
wishes, he had “communicated with Mr. Hope at 
Benin, Avho attached no credit whatever to the report 
either of the murder of Mr. Carr, or of any disaster or 
ill treatment of the persons composing the model farm, 
by the natives, as he conceived that had it been true, 
he must have heard of it from the traders fre- 
quenting the Benin.” At the village of Akassa, in the 
Rio Nun, “ they positively deny the murder of Mr. 
Carr, as also any knowledge of the persons composing 
the model farm.” 
In crossing the bar of the Nun to make this inquiry. 
Lieutenant Earle informed us that his boat was unfor- 
tunately swamped and lost, with one of the crew. A 
valuable life had thus been sacrificed in the search after 
a person who had so imprudently risked his own ; and 
Captain Allen rejoiced that he had not placed his 
whole crew in jeopardy by attempting such a fruitless 
search among the swamps of the Niger, where no infor- 
mation could be had from the inhabitants ; who, if even 
they knew the fact, would be interested in concealing 
it, and would, moreover, have been very likely to mis- 
lead, in the hope of a richer booty in the ship; being 
doubtless well aware, that if she should be aground for 
any length of time in that intricate labyrinth of creeks, 
the climate would soon leave them in undisturbed 
possession. 
