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JOHANN DYING. 
[chap. I. 
not discernible—a vast expanse of high reeds stretch¬ 
ing as far as the eye can reach; course p.m. W.S.W. 
At 4 p.m. the “ Clumsy,” as I have named one of our 
noggors, suddenly carried away her mast close by the 
board, the huge yard and rigging falling overboard 
with the wreck, severely hurting two men and break¬ 
ing one of their guns. Hove to by an island on the 
Shillook side, towed the wreck ashore, and assembled 
all the boats. Fortunately there is timber at hand ; 
thus I cut down a tree for a mast and got all ready 
for commencing repairs to-morrow. Poor Johann is, 
as I had feared, dying; he bleeds from the lungs, 
and is in the last stage of exhaustion. Posted six 
sentries. 
30ih Dec .—Johann is in a dying state, but sensi¬ 
ble ; all his hopes, poor fellow, of saving money in 
my service and returning to Bavaria are past. I sat 
by his bed for some hours; there was not a ray of 
hope; he could speak with difficulty, and the flies 
walked across his glazed eyeballs without his know¬ 
ledge. Gently bathing his face and hands, I asked 
him if I could deliver any message to his relatives. 
He faintly uttered, “ I am prepared to die; I have 
neither parents nor relations; but there is one—she” 
—he faltered. He could not finish his sentence, but 
his dying thoughts were with one he loved; far, far 
