334 NEIGHBOURING CHIEFS. 



The day after our arrival. King Boy was en- 

 deavouring by every method in his power to 

 obtain more presents from us. As we had had 

 quite enough of Brass Town and its inhabitants, 

 we felt anxious to depart ; but not having a 

 canoe or boat of our own, we were obliged to 

 depend on the generosity of King Boy to sup- 

 ply us when he thought proper ; and, partly by 

 menaces and entreaties, we obtained the promise 

 of a canoe. But it is not unlikely that this pro- 

 mise was partly hastened by a threat, that unless 

 he let us have a canoe, I would apply to King 

 Jacket, of whom Boy was very much afraid. 

 Jacket possesses the most absolute authority, 

 and occupies one bank of the river ; the opposite 

 being occupied by King Fourday and his peo- 

 ple, as well as by Kings Boy and Gun, sons of 

 King Fourday. Gun, the little military king, 

 as the Messrs. Lander have styled him in their 

 work, is a pleasant, good-humoured little man, 

 and perhaps the most honest in the town of 

 Brass. King Fourday is a very old man, a-nd 

 very much addicted to rum. When this sable 

 potentate paid us a visit on board the Alburkah, 

 three weeks before, he drank so much that we 

 were obliged to lift him into his canoe. 



