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This same man presented Mr. Lander a fine able- 

 bodied slave, named Al Hadge, who had acted 

 as pilot when the vessels came up. 



About six in the evening we got into shoal 

 water, and shortly after a violent tornado came 

 on, accompanied by heavy rains, which soon satu- 

 rated our beds. We remained on the shoal for 

 some time ; but, on getting off again on the fol- 

 lowing morning, we soon reached an island before 

 Attah. Mr. Lander was very unwell this morn- 

 ing, owing to his having been wet last night. 

 I myself felt very weak, and almost unable to 

 stand a minute without falling. This I attributed 

 in a great measure to want of exercise. 



Attah is a very healthy-looking spot, situate 

 on a high hill of sandstone formation. The huts 

 are constructed in the figure of a cone. Several 

 of the natives came down to the bank, some of 

 them wearing ragged tobes, and others with 

 pieces of common cloth thrown carelessly over 

 their shoulders. 



Last evening we passed the burial-place of the 

 late Captain Miller of the brig Columbine, and 

 the second engineer of the Quorra. The spot is 

 a fine sandbank, on the right side of the river, a 

 little below the town of Attah. 



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