100 A FEMALE OF EBOE. 



see white men and their houses," and that she 

 had come alongside to see the interior of mine. 

 I would very willingly have got the old lady on 

 board, had the foreyard been strong enough ; — 

 as it was, she was obliged to content herself with 

 a peep through the cabin windows. She cer- 

 tainly could not have weighed less than twenty- 

 five stone, and she informed me that she was 

 mistress of more than two hundred slaves, whom 

 she employed in collecting palm-oil, cultivating 

 yams, &c. Her personal charms were set off by 

 a straw-hat nearly five feet in diameter, about 

 a dozen brass bracelets, two ivory leglets ten 

 inches wide by about six deep, and necklaces 

 innumerable. I promised her on leaving us 

 to visit her on the following day, and was fully 

 determined to do so. 



Accordingly, on the 9th, at seven in the 

 morning, I landed with Dr. Briggs, to pay a visit 

 to my fat friend, and to have a look at the town. 

 We found the lady at home, surrounded by her 

 women, and had a long conversation with her, as 

 we found her an intelligent, clever woman. We 

 learned that she owned several canoes, which she 

 employed trading on the river, both above and 

 below Eboe. After staying some time with her. 



