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 GALWEY. 173 mate; his argument was, that he had tried both, and his health had improved by the experiment. In short, remon strance and persuasion were resorted to in vain ; he per sisted in his entreaties with the admiralty and Captain Tuckey; and on the latter expressing a wish to take him, as one likely to be useful in promoting the objects of the expedition, he was permitted to join the Congo as a volunteer. Mr. Galwey proceeded with the captain's party as f a r u p the river a s the Banza Ingo, when h e was taken ill, about the 24th o f August, and sent off from thence t o the ves sels: but h e did not reach the Congo, i n his canoe, till the 7th o f September, being then i n a state o f great exhaustion; his countenance, b y the surgeon's account, ghastly, with extreme debility, and great anxiety; a short cough, with hurried respiration and heaving o f the chest. On the following day, a l l the bad symptoms were increased, but h e was free from pain. On the 9th, h e became insensible, and expired about the middle o f the day. His body was taken t o the burial ground o f the King o f Enbomma, and interred with such honours a s the dis pirited and much reduced party could bestow, b y the side o f his unfortunate companions, Cranch and Tudor. Mr. Galwey had taken a very active part i n collecting specimens, and making remarks o n the natural products o f the country, and more particularly o n i t s geology; but both his journal and his collections have been lost. They had met i n their progress with a party o f slave dealers, having i n their possession a negro i n fetters, from the Mandingo country. From motives o f humanity, and with the view o f returning this man t o his friends and country, a s well a s under the hope h e might become useful a s they proceeded, and give some account o f the regions through which h e must have passed, a s soon a s h e should b e able t o speak a little English, Captain Tuckey purchased this slave, and appointed him t o attend Mr. Galwey; but h e was utterly incapable, i t seems,