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CHAPTER III. 



Departure from Cape Coast. — Captain Harries and an En- 

 gineer taken ill. — Description of a Tornado. — Anchor off 

 the Nun. — Death of Captain Harries and the Second En- 

 gineer. — Tribute to the Memory of the former. — The Ves- 

 sels enter the River. — Dangers of the Bar. — Preparations 

 for jjroceeding up the River. — Anchor off King Boys Bar- 

 racoon. — Effects of Climate. — Remarks on the Natives. — 

 Continue up the River. — Anchor off Inghirami. — News of 

 Hostilities. — Coolness of a Native Pilot. — A Village burnt. 

 — The Warree Branch. — Anchor off" Eggabo. — Boy and 

 his Wives. — Arrival at Eboe. 



Mr. Lander having completed his arrange- 

 ments with Pascoe, Mina, Jowdie, and some 

 other men who had accompanied him on his 

 former expedition as interpreters, we took 

 leave of our hospitable friend the Governor 

 of Cape Coast Castle at four p.m. of the 11th, 

 and left our anchorage under canvass. The 

 Columbine in heaving short broke the arm of 

 her anchor, and came to again with her best 

 bower. As we had drifted to leeward a con- 



