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telescope we descried these fancied flowers to be white birds, 
(Egrets ?) of which several stalked, here and there, along 
the shore. j 
Thursday, September 2. — Beyond Damugu, the land 
appears again lower and covered with jungle. I think that 
the shores of the main river are mostly lined with forests, 
and the islands covered with grass and underwood. To- 
wards noon we came to finely wooded hills; and in the 
. evening, King William’s Mountain appeared, (see Allen’s 
chart.) I had twice the opportunity of going for a short 
time on shore. First to an open place, covered with 
grass; where I found Cassia Absus, mimosoides ? a Psoralea, 
some Graminee, Malvacee and Schmidelee : a Sarcocephalus 
grew likewise here. The second time was near a village; 
where the cottages are round, and plaited of palm-leaves 
and grass. Storehouses, raised on poles, are filled with Indian 
corn. A Tephrosia (toxicaria), almost arborescent, was 
planted about the huts, which a Krooman told me, was used 
to benumb the fish. A fine red flower, on a high tree, could 
not be procured : it appeared to be Beauvois’ Spathodea ; 
and I fancied I had seen it several times in the Delta. 
Friday, September 3,—We can quite overlook the country 
from on board our vessel. On both sides, the river is mar- 
gined at some distance with hills: further off, towards the 
north, rise mountains, enveloped with blue mist. Only on 
the left side, the hills approach the shore, and are, for 
the space of about a quarter of a mile, quite abrupt to about 
100 feet high, of red sandstone, visible, because of its bright 
colour, at a great distance. The top is often covered with 
overhanging vegetation. On this hill stands the town of 
Attah*, (Iddah), surrounded by cultivated grounds. In the 
distance grow Cocoa palms and Baobab trees, the latter 
bearing long pendent fruit. This morning I had another 
* Attah is the name of the chief, and not of the town ; or rather, Attah 
is the title of the chief, who is styled the Attah or King of Egarra, x 
More generally “the Attah.” The town is called Iddah. — (H. D. 
Trotter.) 
