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derstood perfectly well. A row of beads or a looking-glass, 

 worth sixpence or thereabouts, they thought might be ex- 

 chanoed for a fowl, and twelve cowries they considered to 

 be worth as much. This price is considerably higher than 

 what would be offered for these commodities on the coast 

 of Guinea, or in the East Indies, where forty cowries are 

 not worth more than a penny. They were now called to 

 dinner, and behaved themselves perfectly after the manner 

 of the French. The Mafook carved tlie meat. They 

 drank to the health of every one of us. When the night 

 came on, they all complained of cold, and were very 

 much pleased to get our great coats to protect them. 

 Tom Liverpool, having got my Norway cloak on, walked 

 about with great gravity. They had several times been 

 half drunk, and went now to sleep between deck. In the 

 night we were boarded by a boat from Cabenda, which 

 was not received. The next morning, having waited in 

 vain for the Mafook's boat, and the breeze coming on, we 

 made sail towards Cabenda. The people of Malambo 

 probably thought it too far off to follow us thither. In the 

 course of the day two boats boarded the Congo, and by 

 them the Captain took the opportunity of having our 

 guests sent ashore, though they seemed not to be very 

 good friends with the people of the boats. These at first 

 refused to take them at all, till the Captain threatened to 

 sink them if they persisted in their refusal. The person 

 who had the command put on a red embroidered coat, 

 being otherwise naked, and came on board, where he 

 stayed a few minutes only. He confirmed what the others 



