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CHAPTER V. 



Departure from Eboe. — The Qnorra aground. — Mr. Jordan 

 taken ill. — TheQuorras Or etc attacked tvith Fever. — Proceed 

 to Damuggoo. — Awful Mortality on board the Quorra. — 

 Arrive at Attah. — Reflections on the Mortality. — Situation 

 of Attali. — Its advantages. — Natives method of killing the 

 Alligator. — Dejmrt from Attah. — Messenger from the 

 King. — Difficulties of the Navigation. — Proceed to Bocqua. 

 — The Kong Mountains. — River Scenery, — The Quorra 

 aground. 



At eight o'clock in the evening of the 9th of 

 November, we left Eboe, and by the light 

 of a splendid moon threaded our way through a 

 very intricate nayigation until two o'clock in the 

 morning of the 10th ; when, being in very shoal 

 water, we came to anchor about fifteen miles from 

 the town. This was the widest part of the river 

 that we had yet seen, — its breadth cannot be less 

 than three thousand yards ; and here the river 

 throws off its great branches, — the Benin and 



