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Condo Yanga, where we were obliged to halt, and to wait 

 some time for a canoe to pass. No nse firing at these ani- 

 mals in the water ; the only way is to wait till they come on 

 shore to feed at night. During the night, they kept a con- 

 tinual grunting like so many hogs, but none of the mcame 

 on shore, though we had a constant watch on the beach. 



This point of the river is the place of all others to set out 

 from on an expedition to explore the course of the river ; 

 the creek oft'ering a very fine place for boats, and the strand 

 being an excellent spot for an ecampment. 



Sept. 4. After much difficulty we obtained two canoes to 

 ferry us over the creek, for which service I paid four 

 fathoms and six strings of beads. As soon as they Avere 

 loaded, the Inga men desired to go back, on pretence of 

 being afraid to proceed ; but as they had engaged to go to 

 Bamba Yonga, the fear of loosing their wages at last indu- 

 ced them to pass over it. They had not however walked 

 above a mile on the other side of the creek before they laid 

 doAvn their loads, and again refused to go on ; and in this 

 manner they plagued me until noon, putting doAvn their 

 loads every ten minutes, Avalking back fifty or sixty yards 

 as if to return, taking them up again, and so on, with a pa- 

 laver of half an hour between each stoppage. Finding 

 I could get no good of them, I finally halted on the eminence 



