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CHAPTER VII. 



Amusement on Board. — Reflections on the State of the Inhabit- 

 ants. — Native Catiaes. — Mr. Lander unsuccessful. — Change 

 in the Season. — Further Sickness. — Death of Dr. Briggs. — 

 Tribute to his Memory. — Departure for Fundah, the Quorra 

 left aground. — Arrival at Yimmahah. — Reports of the King 

 of Fundah. — Friendly Mallam. — Mode of thatching Huts. 

 — The Native Barber. 



The life we led on board was monotonous in 

 the extreme, and if Dr. Briggs and myself had 

 not been well provided with books, would have 

 been more so. Whenever we were able to do it, 

 we were up at sunrise, and breakfasted at eight ; 

 at one we dined, and were generally in bed at 

 eight in the evening. Sleeping, as we always 

 did, on deck, we had frequent opportunities, after 

 retiring to rest, of contemplating the beautiful 

 scene which the river presented, as its noble 

 waters rolled silently andmajesticallyby us, when 

 lighted by a moon such as those only who have 

 been in the tropics can imagine. After a distress- 

 ing and enervating day, the approach of night 



