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people nature is awake to tender emotions. As a token of 

 gratitude he offered to the Captain a present of nine slaves. 

 Simons was here an important personage, Avas called 

 Mafook, carried in palanquin, Sec. 



In the midst of this business I could only give a hasty 

 glance at the treasures which surrounded me ; among 

 which, however, I observed a Clerodendrum, with flowers 

 of a scarlet colour; but I hope that none of them will 

 elude my researches, as soon as I shall be at liberty to 

 dispose of my time. The evening was again noisy, as a 

 number of black gentlemen had come on board. They 

 have already nearly exhausted our store of spirits. To- 

 morrow our pilots, whose names are Gun, Brown, and Tati 

 MaxzceU, are to bring the Congo up to this place. 



July 29th. In the morning I set out for the small creek, 

 accompanied by four boys and a servant : here I shot 

 several water-birds. The shore was overgrown with a 

 thick sod covered with a species o^ J uss'iemi, Q.i\d higher up 

 with a thick grass, chiefly consisting of Iscluemuni. I made 

 an excursion on the shore to the right, which is a penin- 

 sula almost surrounded by water, being connected Avith 

 the main land only by a small chain of rocks in the middle. 

 Cultivated patches are seen here and there, with free access 

 to a considerable distance. Lofty Hi/p/uene, a Bombax 

 pentandr. tn/nco spinoso, and a great many new shrubs and 

 other plants, are scattered about. ^Ve penetrated through 

 the thickets up to the mountain which occupies the middle 

 of the peninsula. Near the summit we saw a superb tree 

 with eatable fruit resembling dry The 



