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return at Inga. I was however at length, after three hours 
palavering, obliged to give him a piece and two fathoms, 
with which he set off; but the canoe men of this side had 
now gone off, and after three hours more palavering | at 
last procured six men to carry our baggage by land this 
day, and until to-morrow night, for which I paid them a 
piece of check and a bunch of beads. At length we set off 
at eleven o’clock, and at noon reached Masoondy, where 
the bearers lived, and where they laid down their loads, and 
set off to get their dinners; nor could I assemble them again 
for two hours. We now passed over a very hilly country, 
with some fertile spots both on the summits, on the sides, 
and in the vallies, but the general feature is still that of 
extreme barenness, and a total want of trees, except in the 
ravines and round the great towns, which are here very 
numerous. ‘lhe barren hills are composed of clay slate, 
lime-stone in different states, with some little quartz; red 
ochrey hills. Half past three, we reached the river about 
ten miles from our last night’s halting place; the reach 
running S.S.E. and forming a fine expanse or sheet of 
water from four to five miles in breadth, free from all 
rocks, and having a counter-current on this side. ‘The 
north shore rises gently from the river tll it terminates in 
bare hills ; it is lined by a fine sandy beach, behind which, 
