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inhabitants seemed to have no knowledge of its being an 

 esculent fruit, but after I had given the example, they 

 partook of it readily. A tree of Pandamis caught my 

 attention. 



The prospect from the summit was grand, comprehend- 

 ing the Avindings of the river, its islands, the points of its 

 shores up to Taddi Moenga and Bamba, the eastern Boka 

 de Embomma, the western Boka de Embomma which is 

 overgrown Avilh wood, Kaeti, which is the third island above 

 Loomba, with a rounded mountain in its middle. Boka 

 Embomma consists of a half decompassed gneiss, which 

 occurs in large projecting blocks. 



The Captain had pitched his tent to day. Frank Clark 

 came to inform him that his Majesty had sent one of his 

 daughters to Clark's wife, and that he might send for her. 

 I took a walk to the town, chiefly with an intention of 

 seeing Galwey and Tudor in their habitations. On enter- 

 ing the enclosure of the King's residence we found him 

 sitting amidst a number of children, and distributing food 

 among them. They were all boys. Having stayed there 

 a while, during which I was considered as the Embassador 

 of the Captain, a young girl, naked, as all the others were, 

 presented herself kneeling at the entrance. I took her 

 hand, when unexpectedly N'Kenge, the Prince of Em- 

 bomma, offered her in a very polite manner as a present to 

 the Captain. She was very much alarmed ; and on being 

 brought into the Captain's tent, which was lighted by 

 lamps, she ran under the bedstead. The Captain seemed 

 not much pleased with this obtruded civiHty. 



