132 VILLAGE OF ATTACOLICO. 



Lieutenant Allen were both in a very precarious 

 state. The name of the town off which we had 

 anchored is Attacolico. 



On the 9th, Dr. Briggs, to my great relief, 

 became better. We read prayers in the morning, 

 for the first time since the mortality, to the mi- 

 serable remnant of our crew. We formed a small, 

 but, I trust, a sincere congregation. 



In the morning of the 10th, Mr. Lander's ser- 

 vant went on shore and shot three guinea-fowls, 

 which proved excellent eating. He informed me, 

 on his return, that the natives were much an- 

 noyed by wild beasts, which committed such 

 depredations that they found it impossible to 

 rear either goats or fowls. The village appears 

 to be newly formed, and Pascoe informs me that 

 the settlers have been driven from the opposite 

 bank of the river by the Kacunda people. In 

 the afternoon, Mr. Lander took the gig, intend- 

 ing to examine the channel as far as Bocqua, and 

 to return on board in the morning. 



On the 11th, in the morning, a great number 

 of canoes passed us returning with slaves and 

 ivory from Bocqua market to Attah. From 

 some of them I purchased eleven scrivelloes, but 

 paid more for them than would have been asked 



