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I this day visited the valley of Kincaya, where I was 

 told a man had canoes to sell ; but he Avas sone into the 

 country. The structure of the valley we found to consist 

 of a vast mass of slate, the strata dipping 45° to the S.W. 

 The hills on each side were also composed of slate, with 

 masses of quartz. Here I purchased some smoked fish. 

 Here also I again met the Embomma slave trader. The 

 manner of conducting the traffic in slaves, we found to be 

 thus : The slave merchant quits Embomma Avith three 

 men, each carrying a jar of brandy, and a piece of cloth ; 

 on a bargain for a slave being concluded, a jar of brandy 

 is then drunk, and a proportion of the cloth is given to the 

 Chenoo and other great men as presents ; the seller then 

 sends one of his own men back Avith the trader to receive 

 the price of the slave at Embomma, or at any intermediate 

 place that the feuds or other impediments to tranquillity 

 may render expedient. 



August 27. This morning the gangam kissey returned, 

 and Ave learnt that he had denounced three men of another 

 village as the poisoners of the man that died, and that the 

 accused Avere immediately to undergo the ordeal of chcAving 

 poisonous bark, Avhich, if they Avere guilty, they would re- 

 tain in the stomach, and thus it Avould occasion their 

 death ; but if innocent, they Avould vomit it up again 



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