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huts swarms of children were playing. Many 

 women, with ornaments of native copper and 

 brass bracelets tastefully embossed, paid us a 

 visit. At seven p. m. we stopped for the night off 



a small village on the south bank. 



t. 



** 22nd. At three o'clock this morning, a tre- 

 mendous tornado came on : the boat dragged her 

 anchor, and grounded on a sandbank, where I 

 fully expected she would have gone to pieces. 

 At daylight the tornado abated, and at ten 

 o'clock we reached the town of Yimmahah. 



" This is the first Fundah town ; it stands upon 

 a basaltic rock, that abuts abruptly on the river : 

 this rock has a kind of natural staircase up it, 

 formed by projecting stones, and is very difficult 

 of ascent. I paid a visit to the chief, who pressed 

 me to stay, and seemed vexed at my quick de- 

 parture. A respectable-looking man came and 

 informed me, that if I desired to go to Fundah 

 by land, his horse, the only one in the place, was 

 at my service. I declined the offer, and made 

 him a small present. 



" On the land side of Yimmahah, the ground 

 descends, and again rises towards the hills, which 

 are a continuation of the chain we had before 

 seen. 



