254 hector's account 



" 23rd. We proceeded onward, the river becom- 

 ing very broad, with its principal channel on the 

 north side. At sunset we stopped, to allow the 

 people to cook their meal; and then, with a fair 

 wind, went on during the night. 



" 24th. Early in the morning we reached the 

 mouth of the creek or river called Okna, which 

 leads to Fundah, into which we entered. 



" 25th. At noon reached Potingah, a village 

 about ten miles from Fundah, and despatched a 

 messenger to the king for horses. Early on the 

 26th, we removed our baggage into the chief's 

 hut. At ten o'clock the horses arrived, and we 

 set out. The way we took was a bridle-path, 

 which crosses three ravines. On emerging from 

 the last, we saw the walls of Fundah at the extre- 

 mity of a small plain covered with verdure and 

 interspersed with magnificent trees. 



** After entering the town through a gateway, 

 we proceeded down the principal avenue for 

 about half a mile, as far as the walls of the 

 king's house, where in an open space we found 

 some of the people exercising their horses. 



" On our arrival being reported to the king, his 

 head eunuch made his appearance and proposed 

 to show us a proper lodging : we followed him to 



