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puncheons in them belonging to the Bonny 

 traders, who obtain them at Bonny from the 

 captains of palm-oil ships. Several other canoes 

 were filled with jars, each holding about a gallon 

 or two. — Soon after we passed another town, 

 named Hooweecroodah : several large canoes 

 were lying off it, laden with palm-oil. Very 

 heavy showers of rain fell in the course of the 

 afternoon ; but the evening was fine, and we 

 stopped abreast of a town named Anyammah. 



The improvement in the appearance of the 

 river and the country now became very evident. 

 The banks were covered with the cocoa-nut tree, 

 (cocos nuciferd), plantain, banana, and there was 

 also an abundance of palm-trees. 



On the 12th of June, at a quarter past 3 a. m. 

 we left our halting-place, the canoe taking the 

 boat in tow. It was a dull rainy morning, and 

 the current was increasing against us. At about 

 half-past nine we came abreast of a town named 

 Ahkibberee.* The chief came alongside with a 

 present of a large bunch of bananas, a fowl, some 

 yams {dioscorea bulbifera), and plantains, and 

 took in return for them a few beads, a bottle of 

 rum, and two looking-glasses. His name was 



* Mr. Lander was shot near this town. 



