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cause of it, broke out into a violent passion, abusing and 

 callino- him " the devil." The inhabitants of Malambo, 

 who \vere formerly Avealthy, since the abolition of the slave 

 trade, have become very poor, because their town was 

 little more than the general market-place for the disposal 

 of slaves, having no other source of profit, than what those 

 slaves from the interior and the trade of the harbour affor- 

 ded them. 



After having refreshed themselves with a glass of brandy, 

 and with great appetite partaken of our biscuit, filling their 

 pockets with it at the same time, it was resolved that the 

 Mafook, with some of his gentlemen, should remain on 

 board during the night, and that in the mean time the boat 

 should be sent on shore, and return with refreshments the 

 next morning. They now put on their court-dresses, which 

 they had brought with them. One appeared in the coat 

 of an American officer, another in a red waistcoat, a third 

 in a sailor's red jacket, the Mafook himself in a red cloak. 

 All of them had a piece of coloured stuff wrapped round 

 their loins, and a skin worn as an apron. Their legs were 

 naked. Those, who called themselves gentlemen, wore 

 caps of several sorts, mostly red caps with tops, but the 

 Mafook and two others wore round caps, that were made 

 in the country itself, and neatly embroidered. They were 

 presents from the king, who gives them on appointing 

 any one to the office of Mafook. The Mafook (Tamme 

 GommaJ had worn his cap six months only, but his prede- 

 cessor, who was with him and retained the title, had worn 

 his cap for ten years. On showing them the plate in the 



