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people nature is awake to tender emotions. As a token of 
gratitude he offered to the Captain a present of nine slaves. 
Simons was here an important personage, was. called 
Mafook, carried in palanquin, &c. 
In the midst of this business I could only give a hasty 
glance at the treasures which surrounded me; among 
which, however, I observed a Clerodendrum, with flowers 
of a scarlet colour; but I hope that none of them will 
elude my researches, as soon as I shall be at liberty to 
dispose of my time. The evening was again noisy, as a 
number of black gentlemen had come on board. They 
have already nearly exhausted our store of spirits. 'To- 
morrow our pilots, whose names are Gun, Brown, and Tati 
Maxwell, are to bring the Congo up to this place. 
July 29th. In the morning I set out for the small creck, 
accompanied by four boys and a servant: here I shot 
several water-birds. ‘The shore was overgrown with a 
thick sod covered with a species of Jusstewa, and higher up 
with a thick grass, chiefly consisting of Ischemum. I made 
an excursion on the shore to the right, which is a penin- 
sula almost surrounded by water, being connected with 
the main land only by a small chain of rocks in the middle. 
Cultivated patches are seen here and there, with free access 
to a considerable distance. Lofty Hyphene, a Bombax 
pentandr. trunco spinoso, and a great many new shrubs and 
other plants, are scattered about. We penetrated through 
the thickets up to the mountain which occupies the middle 
of the peninsula. Near the summit we saw a superb tree 
with eatable fruit resembling dry . . . . . The 
