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event took place on the 14th instant, between two and three 
o'clock. 
Mr. Poole had commenced his journey the day before, as I 
have already notified to you, with every prospect of amendment 
before him. 
Although weak, he had shaken off his original disease, and 
had for some time been rallying—and it appeared that a change 
of diet was all that was necessary to his perfect restoration to 
health, so that his return was no less necessary to himself than 
to the public service. 
Mr. Browne, who has watched over him for the last three 
months, with the most unremitting care and attention, accom¬ 
panied him for the first day, and returned to me on the 15th, with 
every expectation that he would gradually improve, as he pro¬ 
ceeded homewards; but, in the afternoon, the lad who attended 
him returned to us with the unexpected intelligence that he 
had suddenly expired, almost without a struggle, between two 
and three o'clock the same day. 
I rode back to the party this morning, with Mr. Browne, who 
seems to entertain no doubt that Mr. Poole's sudden death was 
caused by internal hsemorrhage. * 
This unhappy event will detain me a day or two, as it is my 
wish to inter his remains at the depot. It will be a consolation 
to Mr. Poole's friends to know that every thing was done for him 
that could be done. Nothing could exceed Mr. Browne's atten¬ 
tion to him from first to last; and there can be no doubt Mr. 
Poole would have recovered, under his judicious treatment, if he 
had not been taken off by a stroke against which no human skill 
could guard. 
It appearing indispensable to me that the party should still pro¬ 
ceed, I have given the charge of it to Mr. Piesse, my storekeeper, 
with whom I part with regret, for he has been of the most essen¬ 
tial service to me, and has merited my best recommendations as 
a most conscientious and rigid person, and I would therefore 
very respectfully recommend him to His Excellency's notice. 
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In consequence of the sad event I have notified to you, it re- 
