Note 26 — II
Philip Askell Benton translation
[They were accompanied by William Hillman, a naval carpenter, at a salary of £120 per annum (Denham, i. xvii). He returned safely to Europe, as did Denham and Clapperton.
Dr. Walter Oudney, M.D., died at Murmur, near Katagum, on January 12, 1824 (Denham, ii. 227).
Ensign Toole of the 80th Regt., who proceeded from Malta as a volunteer with stores to revictual the Expedition, and reached Kukawa on December 23, 1823 (Denham, i. 311), died at Ngala, between the Yedseram and the Shari, on February 26, 1824 (Denham, ii. 23). Mr. Tyrwhitt, who arrived in Kukawa on May 20, 1824, with presents for the Shehu and stores for the Expedition (Denham, ii. 41), and who on the departure of Denham and Clapperton was left as British Consul in Kukawa, died there on October 23-4, 1824; the Shehu reported his death to the British Consul at Tripoli and sent a list of his effects (Denham, ii. 385).]