[Footnote:  This is by no means an uncommon case in the ships trading to Africa, for we were once honoured by an introduction to one of these princes, who came to England in Capt.  Fullerton’s ship, in the humble capacity of a cabin boy.  We could not exactly ascertain whether he considered any part of England, as belonging to the territory of his father, but he seemed very much disposed to consider our house as his home, for having once gained a footing in it, it was a very difficult matter to make him comprehend, when it was high time for him to take his departure.  He once honoured us with a visit at nine o’clock in the morning, and at eleven at night, he was seated upon the same chair that he had taken possession of in the morning, during which time he had consumed ten basins of pea-soup, with a proportionate quantity of other substantials.]

After sailing between ridges of high rocky hills, the expedition came to the Yellala, or great cataract, and here they met with a second disappointment.  Instead of another Niagara, which general report had led them to expect, they saw only a comparative brook bubbling over its stony bed.  The fall appears to be occasioned merely by masses of granite, fragments of which have fallen down and blocked up the stream.  Yet this obstruction rendered it quite impossible for the boats to pass, nor could they be carried across the precipices and deep ravines, by which the country was intersected.  The discoverers were, therefore, obliged to proceed by land through this difficult region, which, without a guide on whom they could rely, was attended with overwhelming toil.  Cooloo Inga, and Mavoonda, the principal villages, were separated by wide intervals, which placed the travellers under the necessity of often sleeping in the open air.  At length the country improved and became more level; the river widened, and the obstacles to its navigation gradually disappeared.  But just as the voyage began to assume a prosperous aspect, indications of its fatal termination began to show themselves.  The health of the party was rapidly giving way under the effects of fatigue, as well as the malignant influence of a damp and burning atmosphere.  Tudor, Crouch and Galwey, were successively obliged to return to the ship.  Captain Tuckey, after struggling for some time against the increasing pressure of disease and exhaustion, as well as the accumulating difficulties of the expedition, saw the necessity of putting a stop to its further progress.  Mr. Smith at first expressed deep disappointment at this resolution, but soon became so ill that he could scarcely be conveyed to the vessel.  On reaching it, a sad scene awaited the survivors; Crouch, Tudor and Galwey, were no more; they had successively sunk under the weight of disease.  Mr. Smith soon shared their fate, and Captain Tuckey himself, on the 4th October, added one more to the number of deaths, without having suffered the usual attack of fever.  He had been exhausted by constant depression and mental anxiety.