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falls in the rainy season, the Avhole of which is carried direct 

 to the river by gullies and ravines, with which the hills are 

 all over furrowed, and in which the only luxuriant vegeta- 

 tion is found. 



We got a few very small shrimps from a fisherman, Avhich 

 he had just taken in a cotton scoop net, very well made. 



At 1 1 o'clock we weighed with a light breeze at west, and 

 crossed over to the south side of the river, to near the banza 

 Sooka Congo; the Alafook of which sent his interpreter 

 and gentlemen to ask for a bottle of brandy, which, not 

 intending to stop near him, I did not think necessary 

 to supply. We continued our course along shore until 

 we reached the Diamond Rock of Maxwell, near to which, 

 and to the south shore, we found the current too strong to be 

 overcome with the sails and oars, and Ave anchored a little 

 to the west of it. In the afternoon, however, the breezes' 

 freshened, we got through the channel, and at 7 anchored 

 about 4 miles west of Condo Sono. 



The rock called Boola Beca in Maxwell's plan, is by the 

 natives named Blemba (the husband), and the rock named 

 the Tinker, to the east of it, is an islet. The largest and 

 westernmost of the three rocks named Weird Sisters, the na- 

 tives call N'Casan (the wife) ; they lay nearest to the north 

 shore, which, according to the natives, is all foul. The 



