PROFESSOR SMITH'S JOURNAL. 303 



July 30th. Early in the morning I went out with Hod- 

 der, and proceeded towards the upper end of the creek ; 

 and here I shot a number of birds. After having been on 

 shore on the island Boka, I pursued my course up the 

 creek to a bank in the middle, and passing the villages 

 Thimanga and Vinda, I followed the shore until I arrived 

 at Tinyanga, a village belonging to the brother of the 

 King. He was sitting on a mat, surrounded by his gran- 

 dees and armed young men. The rock above the village 

 is steep, with two or three springs, and covered with an 

 interesting vegetation. We went to the village of Frank 

 Clark, who accompanied us, and invited me into his house. 

 One of the Captain's people had been sent to fetch a cow, 

 which was promised him by the King. In assisting to 

 catch this half-wild beast, my foot was entangled in the 

 rope which was fastened to her, and with which she was 

 running away. I was thus placed all at once in an awkward 

 situation ; it might have been still worse if the rope had not 

 broken. I was brought to the King's house almost sense- 

 less, except to exquisite pain. From thence I was removed 

 on board in a kind of litter. I was confined to the cabin 

 till the afternoon of the following day, when, with the as- 

 sistance of another person, I was enabled to limp on shore, 

 and to collect such plants as I might have overlooked on 

 my former excursions. 



Guji brought us the agreeable news that the Congo had 

 already passed Taddi Moenga. The Dorothy is at Tall 

 Trees. They say they have killed an alligator. Frank, 

 according to a promise given long ago, brought on board 



