Mr. Hanson, its owner, asked me to put a pair of fore-shoes on it, remarking that it was the last act of kindness I should ever have an opportunity of bestowing upon the noble little animal. This I readily assented to: after which I proceeded on board, when we immediately set sail for England; where, after a tedious and uncomfortable passage of three months, we arrived. I had much improved in health during the passage, though my accommodation was bad, for I was obliged to sleep on deck during six weeks of the time, owing to the suffocating smell from the heated corn, amongst which some of the palm-oil puncheons had burst. RANGE OF THE THERMOMETER, AS OBSERVED IN DAHOMEY FROM JUNE 11 TO JULY 7, 1845. +-------------------+-------------------------------------------+ | Rise and Fall | | | during Day, from | | | 6 A.M. to 6 P.M. | REMARKS. | +-------+-----+-----+ | | Date. |Rise.|Fall.| | +-------+-----+-----+-------------------------------------------+ | |Deg. |Deg. | | |June 11| 80 | 76 |In house, against clay wall. | | ” 12| 82 | 78 |In house. | | ” 13| 81 | 75 |Ditto. | | ” 14| 82 | 76 |Ditto. | | ” 15| 80 | 77 |Ditto. | | ” 16| 81 | 76 |Ditto. | | ” 17| 80 | 74 |{Heavy tornado at 2 P.M.; fall suddenly | | | | |{ to 74°. | | ” 18| 82 | 76 | | | ” 19| 80 | 74 | | | ” 20| 81 | 74 | | | ” 21| 78 | 74 |{Unusually cold; natives feverish; | | | | |{ cold and rainy season. | | ” 22| 78 | 74 |Cloudy. | | ” 23| 78 | 76 |Cloudy. | | ” 24| 82 | 75 |Morning cloudy. | | ” 25| 77 | 75 |Cold and showery all day; tornado. | | ” 26| 81 | 74 |Cloudy in the evening; very dark night. | | ” 27| 82 | 73 |Wind; storm. | | ” 28| 82 | 73 |Heavy shower. | | ” 29| 79 | 74 | | | ” 30| 82 | 73 |Cold rainy night; wind west. | | July 1| 82 | 74 |Very windy, and unusually steady. | | ” 2| 80 | 73 |Slight showers; wind west. | | ” 3| 77 | 73 |Showers in the morning; day cloudy. |