

A VOYAGE TO 



'777- that Futtafaihc's women relieved each other, and went to 

 ,' — '--^ — ' fleep by turns. In any other country, it would be fuppofed, 

 that fuch a practice would put an end to all reft ; but 

 here it certainly a6ls as an opiate ; and is a ftrong proof of 

 what habit may efFe6l. The noife of this, however, was 

 not the only thing that kept us av^^ake ; for the people, who 

 palTed the night in the houfe, not only converfed amongft 

 each other frequently, as in the day ; but all got up before 

 it was light, and made a hearty meal on fifli and yams, 

 which were brought to them by a perfon, who feemed to 

 know very well the appointed time for this no(5lurnal re- 

 frefhment. 



July, Next morning we fet out with Futtafaihe, and walked 



Tuefday i. (Jq^q t^g Eaft fide of the bay, to the point. The country,, 

 all along this fide, is well cultivated ; but, in general, not 

 fo much inclofed as at Mooa ; and amongft many other 

 plantain fields that we paiTed, there was one at leaft a mile 

 long, which was in excellent order, every tree growing 

 with great vigour. We found, that, in travelling, Futta- 

 faihe exercifed a pov^rer, though by no means wantonly, 

 which pointed out the great authority of fuch principal 

 men ; or is, perhaps, only annexed to thofe of the royal 

 family. For he fent to one place for fifli ; to another for 

 yams ; and fo on, at other places ; and all his orders were 

 obeyed with thegreateft readinefs, as if he had been abfolute 

 mafter of the people's property. On coming to the point, the 

 natives mentioned fomething of one, who, they faid, had been 

 fired at by fome of our people ; and, upon our wifliing to 

 fee him, they condudted us to a houfe, where we found a 

 man, who had been fliot through the fiioulder, but nor 

 dangcroufly ; as the ball had entered a little above the inner 

 part of the collar bone, and palTed out obliquely backward. 

 I We 



