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than the former. I was occupied with laying in plants 

 till late in the evening. 



Augusl 3. Yesterday the village of the Captain was re- 

 moved in al>out the same space of time as that which had 

 been requisite for its erection. To-day, at day-break, the 

 schooner proceeded, with the assistance of oars, along Boka 

 de Enibomma, and anchored nearly opposite to the middle 

 of it, where the rock was overgrown with thickets of 

 shrubby plants. An alligator was seen swimming near 

 the shore. Lofty trees over-shadow the steep sides of the 

 rock, which rises to the height of four or five hundred 

 feet. Its upper parts are almost naked. I was ordered 

 on board the Congo, in consequence of some misunder- 

 standing between Tudor and Cranch, relating to the am- 

 munition belonging to the latter, and of some irregularity 

 which had taken place with respect to the boats. 



August 4. Accompanied the Captain to the rock Taddi 

 Mansoni on the opposite side. Plains and deep vallies 

 vary with hills, Avhich sometimes terminate in peaks and 

 grotes(|ue cliffs. Groups of the Mimosa spinosa and some 

 cultivated patches were scattered about. We saw in our 

 way the skeleton of a hippopotamus. We n)easured a large 

 Adansonia, which at two or three feet above the root was 

 found to be forty-two feet in circumference. The river is 

 now no longer divided into several channels, but continues 

 to be free from islands to a considerable distance. Its 

 breadth here I calculated to be about the same as that of 

 Drammen (in Norway) at the bridge. I raoimted ihe hill, 

 %vhose base consists of a yellow mica-slate, which con- 



