ANCHOR OFF INGHIRAMI. 79 



the banks frequently covered with long grass 

 a few feet from the river. 



At twelve we anchored off a small town called 

 Inghirami. King Boy in his canoe came up 

 immediately after we had anchored. The chief, 

 who for a small present had consented to sup- 

 ply the vessels with wood, would now do 

 nothing, evidently from Boy's representations. 

 I must say I felt very much inclined to sink 

 him ; his presence, I was sure, foreboded no 

 good. 



We remained at anchor off this village till 

 the 30th getting wood : and here I found the 

 full value of our Kroomen ; they were capital 

 axemen, and cut in a day about one day's fuel 

 for the engine. I rejoiced that Captain Harries 

 had decided on shipping these men, as the na- 

 tives which Mr. Lander had brought from Cape 

 Coast were useless for this sort of work. 



I had here only two of my crew slightly in- 

 disposed, and was entertaining hopes that we 

 should get into the upper country before any 

 sickness visited us, the weather being fine, with 

 a few occasional showers. The thermometer 

 (Fahrenheit) varied from 80 to 83. In the af- 



