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The three succeeding days, there being either no sea 

 breeze, or only such as was too weak to attempt any thing 

 with our brute of a transport, we were obhged to remain at 

 anchor, rolhng gunnel in, from the ground swell on the 

 bank ; consoling ourselves however that, of the three evils 

 which threatened us, we had escaped the two worst, either 

 being; oblio-ed to anchor on the Mazea bank, or beinsj 

 driven by the current to the northward, God knows where. 



Our Shark Point visitors were now succeeded by the 

 Mafook of Market Point and a gentleman from Embomma, 

 who told us he was sent by the Great Mafook of that place 

 to accompany us up the river, in order that no accident 

 should happen to us ; and though I would very gladly have 

 foregone the pleasure of their company, I could not refuse 

 receivinp- them on board. I however endeavoured to make 

 them clearly understand that they were not to expect the 

 same attentions on board a King's ship (I was sorry to be 

 obliged to disgrace the name by applying it to the detestable 

 transport,) which they had been used to receive from slave 

 traders ; and the uniforms of the officers, and the marines, 

 seemed to give them the proper feeling of our consequence. 



Several of the Sonio men who came on board were Chris- 

 tians after the Portuguese fashion, having been converted 

 bv missionaries of that nation ; and one of them was 



