APPENDIX.

No. I.

Translation of a letter from the Sultan of Yáouri in Africa, to His Britannic Majesty, brought to England by Richard Lander and his brother, in June 1831.

‘Praise be to God, and blessings and salutation be unto that (Prophet), since whom there has been no other prophet.

‘To our friend in God, and his Apostle (Mohammed), the Prince of the English Christians,—Salutation and Mercy, and Blessings of God, be unto you, from your friend the Sultan of Yâouri, whose name is Mohammed Ebsheer. Perfect Salutation be unto you, (and) may God cause your mornings and evenings to be most happy, with multiplied Salutations (from us).

‘After our Salutation unto you (some) ostrich feathers will reach you (as a present) from the bounty and blessings of God (we have in our country), and we, together with you, thank God (for what he has bestowed). And Salutation be unto your hired people, (your suite,) and peace be unto our people who praise God.

(Signed) ‘From the Prince of Yaouri.

Observation of the Translator.

The original of this is one of the worst of the African papers I have seen, both as to its ungrammatical and its unintelligible character. Indeed his Yáourick Majesty seems to be sadly in need of words to make himself intelligible.

The words between parentheses are not in the original.

Translated, London 25th June, 1831.

(Signed) A. V. Salame.

No. II.

London Military Depôt, 1st January, 1830.

Delivered out of His Majesty’s Stores at this place, by an Order of the Honourable Board of Ordnance, dated 18th December, 1829, the undermentioned Particulars,—to Messrs. Lander, about to proceed on Discovery in Africa.

Total. No.

Cloth, Staff Serjeants, scarlet yds. 50 19¾ in bale 8

30¼ „ 9

Ditto, ditto, blue grey, in lieu of yellow „ 10 „ 8

Muslin, striped „ 47½ „ 9

Mirrors No. 10 4 in pannier 5

6 „ 6

Ditto, inferior quality „ 100 50 „ 3

50 „ 4

Razors, common „ 50 12 „ 3

12 „ 4

12 „ 5

14 „ 6

Scissors, assorted pairs 50 10 „ 3

20 „ 4

20 „ 6

Knives, clasp, assorted „ 60 5 „ 3

5 „ 4

25 „ 5

25 „ 6

Combs, assorted „ 100 70 „ 5

30 „ 6

Beads, glass lbs. 38 10 „ 5

18 „ 6

10 „ 7

Boxes, snuff, common „ 100 30 „ 5

30 „ 6

40 „ 7

Arm bands, small silver No. 64 12 „ 3

12 „ 4

12 „ 5

6 „ 6

22 „ 7

Thous.

Needles, assorted, 50,000 lbs. 10 10 „ 1

10 „ 2

10 „ 3

10 „ 4

10 „ 5

10 „ 6

Horns, bugles, with slings No. 2 „ 1

Calico, printed yds. 88½ 60½ in bale 8

28 „ 9

Pipes, German or Dutch No. 100 60 in pannier 5

40 „ 7

Medals, silver, large size „ 2 „ 2

Flints, for Fowling pieces „ 100 25 „ 3

25 „ 4

25 „ 5

25 „ 6

Pistols „ 50 12 „ 3

12 „ 4

12 „ 5

14 „ 6

Moulds, bullet, cast one ball only „ 3 1 „ 3

1 „ 4

1 „ 5

Flasks, powder „ 2 in pannier 2

Belts, shot „ 2 „ 2

Shot, for fowling pieces, in bags of 28 lbs. each No. 1 lbs. 28 „ 6

„ 5 „ 56 28 lbs. „ 3

28 „ 4

„ 8 „ 28 „ 5

Ball, for Fowling pieces No. 250 63 in pannier 3

62 „ 4

63 „ 5

62 „ 6

Pistols „ 150 37 „ 3

37 „ 4

38 „ 5

38 „ 6

Powder, gun, (rifle) in tin cannisters of 1 lb. each lbs. 18 4 „ 4

4 „ 5

5 „ 6

1 „ 1

4 „ 3

Fowling-Piece, Chiefs’ guns No. 2 in case 12

Pistols brace 2 in pannier 1

Cooking apparatus, or portable kitchen No. 1 „ 1

Tent, circular, complete „ 1 in valis 13

Ditto, pins „ 40

Mallets, tent „ 2

Compasses, pocket „ 2 in pannier 2

Thermometers, in brass cases „ 2 „ 2

Watch, common silver „ 1 „ 2

Stationery parcel 1 „ 7

Mattresses, hammock „ 2 1 „ 10

1 „ 11

Soup, portable lbs. in pannier 1

Tea „ 6 „ 2

Coffee „ 10 „ 3

Sugar „ 20 „ 2

Padlocks and keys on the medicine panniers 7 „

Screw-drivers, common No. 3 „ 2

Rods, cleaning, for fowling pieces „ 2 1 „ 3

1 „ 4

Cartridges Blank, Carbine „ 250 60 „ 3

60 „ 4

60 „ 5

70 „ 6

Pistol „ 150 30 „ 1

30 „ 2

30 „ 4

30 „ 5

30 „ 6

Plates, tin „ 6 „

Hatchets, hand „ 2

Saws, ditto small „ 1

Cups, tin drinking, ⅓ quart „ 2

Tinder-box, complete „ 1

Thread, whited-brown lbs. 1

Ink-bottle, small No. 1

Spurs, with leathers pairs 2

Files, hand, saw No. 6

Books, journal, thick quarto „ 2

Ditto, memorandum „ 2

Straps, baggage set 1

Blankets, single, N. P. No. 2 1 in valise 10

1 „ 11

Sheets, hospital „ 4 2 „ 10

2 „ 11

Flems, furriers „ 6 2 in pannier 1

1 „ 3

1 „ 4

1 „ 5

1 „ 9

Bolsters, hammock, hair „ 2 1 „ 10

1 „ 11

Water Decks, O. P. „ 3 2 in bale 8

1 „ 9

Valises „ 3 10, 11, 13

Panniers, medicine „ 7 No. 1 to 7

Case, gun „ 1

Medicines, cases „ 2 „ 15 to 16

The last five articles as packages.

(Signed) G. STACEY.

In addition to the above, the following articles were supplied from Cape Coast Castle, and presented by the travellers to the king of Badâgry:—

40 Muskets.

12 Signal Rockets.

20 Barrels of Ball Cartridges.

[No. III.]

List of Medicines and Surgical Materials to be supplied for the use of Mr. Lander and his brother, going on an expedition to Africa, with short Directions for their Use and Application.—Woolwich, 28 Dec., 1829.

ARTICLES. Quantity. DOSES. REMARKS.

lbs. oz.

Submuriate of mercury or calomel, in 4 bottles 1 from 5 to 10 grains a purgative.

Compound extract of colocynth, in 2 tins 2 from 8 to 15 grains ditto.

Sulphate of magnesia or Epsom salt 10 from ½ an ounce to an ounce ditto.

Jalap in powder, in 2 bottles 1 from 15 to 30 grains purgative with two or three grains of ginger.

Seidlitz powders 12 doz. to be used as before.

Tartarized antimony or emetic tartar 1 from 1 to 3 grains in an oz. of water as an emetic.

Ipecacuanha in powder 4 from 10 grains to 1 scruple in an oz. of water as an emetic.

James’s powder 6 packets from 4 to 8 grains every four or six hours 1 oz. to produce perspiration.

Citric acid to be used for lemon juice 2 to be dissolved in a pint of water, the proper strength.

Carbonate of soda, in 2 bottles, for the same use as carbonate of potash 2 from 10 to 20 grains to make saline draughts, to be taken every two or three hours.

Compound powder of Ipecacuanha or Dover’s powders, in 2 bottles 1 from 10 grains to a scruple in a little cold water to produce perspiration in rheumatism, or in an advanced stage of dysentery at bed-time.

Nitros æther, or sweet spirits of nitre, in 2 bottles 1 from ½ a drachm to a drachm in a little cold water every four hours to produce perspiration in colds and fevers without much inflammation.

Supertartrate of potass, or cream of tartar 4 to be used to make acidulated drinks.

Tincture of opium, in half pints 2 from 10 to 30 drops in a little water as an anodyne, chiefly at bed-time.

Opium 1 from 1 grain to 3 grains as an anodyne at bed-time.

Vitriolic æther, in 2 bottles 8 from ½ a drachm to a drachm in a little water as a stimulant when necessary.

Volatile liquor, or spirits of hartshorn, in 2 bottles 1 from ½ a drachm to a drachm and a half in a little water as a stimulant when necessary.

Camphor 4 from 3 grains to 6 grains made into a pill every six hours as a stimulant in fevers where there is great weakness.

Mercurial pill, or blue pill 8 from 5 to 10 grains as a gentle laxative or alterative in bilious diseases.

Aromatic confection 4 from 10 to 30 grains in a little peppermint water as a cordial in cases of great weakness from fever or dysentery, every four hours.

Ginger root 8 ⎫ ⎪ ⎬ ⎪ ⎭ to be used at discretion.

Ditto, in powder 8

Oil of cinnamon 2

Oil of peppermint 2

Compound powder of chalk with opium, in 2 tins from 1 to 2 scruples in a little cold water every six hours, or peppermint water as a gentle astringent in an advanced stage of diarrhœa or dysentery.

Tincture of catechu 4 from 1 to 2 drachms in a little peppermint or cinnamon water every six hours as an astringent in an advanced stage of diarrhœa or dysentery.

Sulphate of quinine, in 4 bottles 4 from 2 to 5 grains in the form of pills every six hours as a strengthener after fever or dysentery.

Blistering plaster 2 to be used at discretion.

Rectified spirits of Wine, in half pints 2 to be used at discretion.

Soap liniment, in half pints 2 to rub sprains or contusions twice or thrice a day.

Acetate of lead, called sugar of lead 1 to make goulard water as directed.

Lint 8

Tape 6 pieces

Leather 2 skins for blisters.

Calico rollers 12 No.

Flannel rollers 12 „

Sponge 6 pieces

Pint syringe, &c. 1 No.

Small syringes 2 „

Small bolus tile 1 „

Pins 6 papers

Sticking plaster 3 yards

Lancets 1 case

Aperient pills 1 box

Pestle and mortar one

From Directions given by Sir John Webb, of Woolwich: the Remarks were of essential service to us.—R. and J. L.

Directions for making one pint of the Solution of Citric Acid.

Take of Citric Acid 1 oz., Rain or River Water, one pint.—Mix and make a Solution, which will be equal in strength to Lemon Juice.

To make Saline Effervescent Draughts.

Take of Carbonate of Soda twenty-five grains,

Pure Water three table-spoonsful.

Mix, and add one table-spoonful of the Solution of Citric Acid, to be drank immediately while in a state of effervescence.

To make Quinine Pills.

Take of the Sulphate of Quinine twenty-four grains, Conserve of Hips a sufficient quantity.—Mix, and divide into 12 Pills. One to be taken three times a day.

To make Camphorated Spirits.

Take of Camphor one ounce,

Rectified Spirits of Wine, eight ounces.

Mix, that the Camphor may be dissolved. To be used as a stimulating embrocation in sprains, bruises, or rheumatic affections of the limbs.

To make Goulard Lotion.

Take of Acetate of Lead (called Sugar of Lead) one drachm,

Rain or River Water two pints,

Rectified Spirits of Wine 2 tea-spoonsful.

Mix, and make a Lotion; to be applied to inflamed parts, with pledgets of linen, five or six times a day. Is also a good Eye-water.

THE END.

LONDON: Printed by William Clowes, Stamford Street.