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REPORTS FROM THE NIGER EXPEDITION. [Jan. 11, 1858. 
part, and that damaged ; but, by great exertion since, he has again 
put them into fair condition, and he is hard at work trying to 
replace his specimens as far as this neighbourhood will allow. I 
have especially to lament the destruction of a great part of Lieute- 
nant Glover’s surveying work, the portfolio containing which, after 
having been placed in what seemed a secure place on deck, was by 
the heeling of the ship thrown overboard and totally lost. 
I have great satisfaction in being able to express my entire 
approbation of the conduct of the officers serving under me, both 
during and since the wreck. 
I have, &c., 
William B. Baikie, 
In charge of the Niger Expedition. 
The Eight Hon. the Earl of Clarendon. 
Clarence, Fernando Po, Nov. 24th, 1857. 
My Lord, — I have the honour to report to your Lordship my arrival 
at this place yesterday morning, per Mail S. S. Candace, from 
Lagos. 
In pursuance of Dr. Baikie’s instructions to me of the 31st 
October, 1857 — a copy of which I have the honour to enclose — I 
left the encampment near Jeba, with two native attendants and 
messenger, about 3 p.m, of the same day, arriving at Fangan, a small 
town on the right bank of the Niger, situated midway between the 
encampment and Babba, about 8 miles’ distance from each, where I 
passed the night. At Fangan a small tributary, the “ Osin,” falls 
into the Niger, which I subsequently crossed, when but five hours’ 
walk short of “ Ilorin,” where it was a river 30 yards broad, rapid, 
and just fordable for horses : it is not navigable for canoes from this 
point to the Niger in consequence of fallen trees and obstructing rocks. 
On the following morning, Sunday, 1st November, I left Fangan, 
and walked continuously until past five in the evening, when I 
reached a town “ Kpandaragi,” where I rested for the night. The 
walk extended over 26 miles, during which we passed the three 
inconsiderable towns of Banyagi'fa, Koagfr, and Gurufu. Previously 
to reaching the first, the road had lain through almost continuous 
swamps, such as are common to the vicinity of the river at this 
season of high water. 
After leaving it the roads improved, and we entered higher and 
drier country. 
Leaving Kpandaragi the following morning (the 2nd instant), 
