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goat’s flesh, a fowl cut in pieces and broiled, and roasted 
plantains in lieu of bread ; a large silver tankard filled with 
sweet palm wine, and a bottle of the rum I had brought, 
were placed as our beverage. 
While we were at table, I learnt that the Chenoo held a 
palaver in another part of the tenement, where Simmons 
was most strictly questioned with respect to the motives of 
our visit, and obliged to swear in the most solemn manner 
of the country, to the truth of his assertion. This palaver 
being finished, the Chenoo sent to me, to say that he would 
again speak to me; and we accordingly were all seated in 
the audience court as before, with the addition of an 
old man, who, we were told, was the Chenoo’s uncle, and 
who seemed to bea chief counsellor. After again ring me 
with questions as to my motives, the old man, starting 
up, plucked a leaf from a tree, and holding it to me, said, if 
you come to trade, swear by your God, and break the leaf; 
on my refusing to do so, he then said, swear by your God 
you don’t come to make war, and break the leaf; on 
my doing which, the whole company performed a grand sa- 
killa, and the assembly broke up; the King retiring into an 
inner hut, where the present I had brought was carried ;* 
for on my first telling him that I had brought him a present 
* It consisted of a piece of furniture cotton, some beads, a plated tankard and 
goblet, anda silk umbrella. 
