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scription ; their only guard the whole time being 

 two Kroomen, who spent their time more in 

 shooting monkeys than guarding the goods. 

 Fever and ague were my visiters, as usual, in 

 the afternoon. 



At daylight on the l6th, I sent a boat to the 

 Alburkah with goods ; but I found myself much 

 worse, and indeed not able to stand from ex- 

 cessive debility. Dr. Briggs was better, and 

 appeared to have got rid of his ague. On the 

 return of the boat, I was sorry to find that 

 my friends were again in hot water — could get 

 no provisions, could buy no ivory, and in fact 

 could do nothing : but, to my great relief, they 

 spoke of moving up to Rabbah, and if possible 

 to Boussa. I was rejoiced at this prospect on 

 more accounts than one ; — the question would 

 thus be settled as to the existence of the quan- 

 tity of ivory we had been led to expect, but of 

 which we had as yet seen nothing ; and it would 

 enable me to find subsistence for my own crew, 

 as ever since our arrival we had been living from 

 hand to mouth, seldom having two days' fresh 

 provisions on board, and frequently were obliged 

 to encroach on our salt provisions, which I was 

 carefully hoarding for any case of emergency. 



