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cause of it, broke out into a violent passion, abusing and 
calling him “the devil.” The inhabitants of Malambo, 
who were formerly wealthy, since the abolition of the slave 
trade, have become very poor, because their town was 
little more than the general market-place for the disposal 
of slaves, having no other source of profit, than what those 
slaves from the interior and the trade of the harbour affor- 
ded them. 
After having refreshed themselves with a glass of brandy, 
and with great appetite partaken of our biscuit, filling their 
pockets with it at the same time, it was resolved that the 
Mafook, with some of his gentlemen, should remain on 
board during the night, and that in the mean time the boat 
should be sent on shore, and return with refreshments the 
next morning. They now put on their court-dresses, which 
they had brought with them. One appeared in the coat 
of an American officer, another in a red waistcoat, a third 
in a sailor’s red jacket, the Mafook himself in a red cloak. 
All of them had a piece of coloured stuff wrapped round 
their loins, and a skin worn as an apron. ‘Their legs were 
naked. Those, who called themselves gentlemen, wore 
caps of several sorts, mostly red caps with tops, but the 
Mafook and two others wore round caps, that were made 
in the country itself, and neatly embroidered. They were 
presents from the king, who gives them on appointing 
any one to the office of Mafook. The Mafook (Tamme 
Gomma ) had worn his cap six months only, but his prede- 
cessor, who was with him and retained the title, had worn 
his cap for ten years. On showing them the plate in the 
