96 CAPTAIN TUCKEY'S NARRATIVE. 



If mile distant from the opposite bank. Some of the 

 natives on board could not be prevailed on to accompany 

 me in the boat, dreading the whirlpools off the rock, as 

 much as the ancients did Charjbdis ; a few very insignifi- 

 cant eddies, close to the rock, were however now the only 

 signs that some Avhirlpools may exist in the rainy season, 

 and the current, wliich here ran stronger than in any other 

 part of the river, did not exceed 27 miles an hour. The 

 prospect of the river from the summit of the rock is ex- 

 tensive, but in no other respect prepossessing, the hills 

 which bound the vicAV being naked, except a few Adansonia, 

 and apparently of the same formation as the Fetiche rock. 

 Just as we reached the rock, two hippopotami were ob- 

 served about 100 3ards from the shore, with their heads 

 above the water, snorting in the air ; a ball fired at them 

 sent them off. 



M'Gonza Cheela hills, the middle hill N.E. 6 miles. 



The three hills in the fore-ground are those named 

 Tunkloo in the chart of Maxwell, and a is his Fingal's shield ; 

 they have the same appearance on all bearings, and con- 

 sequently are nothing like the representation in the chart. 

 b Taddy Enzazzi (lightning stone). 



