m CAPTAIN TUCKEY'S NARRATIVE. 



breeze, })ut being as unmanageable as ever, she ran on 

 Shark Point, where she lay half an hour, Avhen the tide 

 flowing, she went off without the smallest damage, and by 

 the great exertion of the master of the Congo, was brought 

 to an anchor two miles within the point. 



We had now visitors arriving hourly, all of whom pre- 

 tended that they were sent by the Mafook of Embomma, 

 to see the vessels safe up the river, and each of these gen- 

 tlemen assured us that all the others were impostors, and 

 only came on board to get brandy, so that I had a difficult 

 task to keep clear of offending them, and at the same time 

 avoid imposition. I however succeeded in getting rid of 

 them all, by telling them that they should remain on board 

 until A\e reached the town, when the Mafook would decide 

 who were and who were not impostors, and doubtless would 

 punish the latter. From them Ave learnt that an express had 

 been sent from Cabenda to notify our approach, and that 

 on this intelligence all the Portuguese vessels at Embomma, 

 htui precipitately left it, and quitted the river, passing us 

 no doubt in ih.e night. I had however expressly declared 

 to the ISIalcmba and Cabenda people who visited us, that 

 I should not in any manner interfere with the slave traders, 

 of M hatever nation they niight be. 



'J'be transhipping the stores and provisions being fmislied 



