PROFESSOR SMITH’S JOURNAL. 308 
July 30th. Early in the morning I went out with Hod- 
der, and proceeded towards the upper end of the creek ; 
and here I shot a number of birds. After having been on 
shore on the island Boka, I pursued my course up the 
creek to a bank in the middle, and passing the villages 
Thimanga and Vinda, I followed the shore until I arrived 
at Tinyanga, a village belonging to the brother of the 
King. He was sitting on a mat, surrounded by his gran- 
dees and armed young men. ‘The rock above the village 
is steep, with two or three springs, and covered with an 
interesting vegetation. We went to the village of Frank 
Clark, who accompanied us, and invited me into his house, 
One of the Captain's people had been sent to fetch a cow, 
which was promised him by the King. In assisting to 
catch this half-wild beast, my foot was entangled in the 
rope which was fastened to her, and with which she was 
running away. I was thus placed all at once in an awkward 
situation ; it might have been still worse if the rope had not 
broken, I was brought to the King’s house almost sense- 
less, except to exquisite pain. From thence I was removed 
on board in a kind of litter. I was confined to the cabin 
till the afternoon of the following day, when, with the as- 
sistance of another person, | was enabled to limp on shore, 
and to collect such plants as I might have overlooked on 
my former excursions. 
Gun brought us the agreeable news that the Congo had 
already passed T'addi Moenga. The Dorothy is at Tall 
‘Trees. ‘They say they have killed an alligator. Frank, 
according to a promise given long ago, brought on board 
