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up a basin which we had lost overboard before 

 daybreak in the morning, nearly thirteen hours 

 before. 



Mr. Lander was much better of dysentery, but 

 complained of debility : Mr. Dean was also bet- 

 ter. The weather became fine about nine ; 

 but we had a severe hurricane, which lasted up- 

 wards of an hour. We were driven ashore by 

 it, and came in contact with a stump of a tree 

 concealed under water, which very nearly cap- 

 sized our boat. 



The river at this part is about two thousand 

 yards wide. At 8 p. m. we halted for the night on 

 a sandbank. The men had exerted themselves 

 more than usual this afternoon, so as to have 

 reached Eboe by the night ; but owing to 

 the strength of the current we were obliged to 

 come to, distant from Eboe four miles. 



This evening we passed a plantation, with very 

 lofty trees on the side near the water. The plan- 

 tation belongs, we are informed, to an opulent 

 trader, no less than an Eboe gentleman. Yams, 

 plantains, bananas, Indian corn, and pepper are 

 grown in abundance on it. The Eboe people 

 also rear bullocks of a small breed, goats and 

 fowls, which are bartered in exchange for powder 



