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The personnel was left to the choice of the 
leader, Commander J. K. Tuckey, R. NT. (died). 
There were six commissioned officers—Lieutenant 
John Hawkey, R.N. (died); Mr. Lewis Fitz- 
maurice, master and surveyor; Mr. Robert Hod- 
der and Mr. Robert Beecraft, masters mates; 
Mr. John Eyre, purser (died); and Mr. James 
McKerrow, assistant surgeon. Under these were 
eight petty officers, four carpenters, two black¬ 
smiths, and fourteen able seamen. The marines 
numbered one sergeant, one corporal, and twelve 
privates. Grand total of combatants, forty-nine. 
To these were added five “savants”: Professor 
Chetien Smith, a Norwegian botanist and geolo¬ 
gist (died) ; Mr. Cranch, collector of objects of 
natural history (died) ; Mr. Tudor, comparative 
anatomist (died) ; Mr. Galway, Irishman and 
volunteer naturalist (died) ; and “ Lockhart, a 
gardener” (of His Majesty’s Gardens, Kew). 
There were two Congo negroes, Benjamin Benja¬ 
mins and Somme Simmons; the latter, engaged as 
a cook’s mate, proved to be a “prince of the 
blood,” which did not prevent his deserting for 
fear of the bushmen. 
The allusions made to Mr. Cranch, a “joined 
methodist,” and a “ self-made man,” are not com¬ 
plimentary. “ Cranch, I fear,” says Professor 
Smith, “ by his absurd conduct, will diminish the 
liberality of the captain towards us : he is like a 
