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derstood perfectly well. A row of beads or a looking-glass, 
worth sixpence or thereabouts, they thought might be ex- 
changed for a fowl, and twelve cowries they considered to 
be worth as much. This price is considerably higher than 
what would be offered for these commodities on the coast 
of Guinea, or in the East Indies, where forty cowries are 
not worth more than a penny. ‘They were now called to 
dinner, and behaved themselves perfectly after the manner 
of the French. "he Mafook carved the meat. They 
drank to the health of every one of us. When the night 
came on, they all complained of cold, and were very 
much pleased to get our great coats to protect them. 
Tom Liverpool, having got my Norway cloak on, walked 
about with great gravity. They had several times been 
half drunk, and went now to sleep between deck. In the 
night we were boarded by a boat from Cabenda, which 
was not received. The next morning, having waited in 
vain for the Mafook’s boat, and the breeze coming on, we 
made sail towards Cabenda. 'The people of Malambo 
probably thought it too far off to follow us thither. In the 
course of the day two boats boarded the Congo, and by 
them the Captain took the opportunity of having our 
guests sent ashore, though they seemed not to be very 
good friends with the people of the boats. These at first 
refused to take them at all, till the Captain threatened to 
sink them if they persisted in their refusal. The person 
who had the command put on a red embroidered coat, 
being otherwise naked, and came on board, where he 
stayed a few minutes only. He confirmed what the others 
