470 THE FOREST AND THE FIELD. 



kinds of fish, and I killed two dolphin, that were 

 too cunning to take a hook, by shooting them 

 through the head. 



Up to the 20th March, although we had been 

 eleven days at sea, we were still within a couple of 

 hundred miles from the Gaboon, when suddenly a 

 light breeze sprang up, which increased almost to 

 a hurricane, and for fourteen hours we spun along 

 at a furious rate, the Captain saying that he had 

 never seen his craft walk through the water in 

 such style ; but the wind was too good to last, and 

 for another six days we had only light winds, 

 varied by calms. 



Luckily I had managed to kill the fever by 

 immense doses of quinine, and Knight and I 

 amused ourselves very tolerably until we anchored 

 off Cape Palmas, at 8 a.m., on the 27th March. 



Having sent the old Kroomen ashore, and 

 taken on board fresh ones in their place, on the 

 28th we weighed anchor, and the coasting trade 

 commenced. 



The " Guildford " called at every native town of 

 any consequence, all along the Kroo coast, from 



