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resembling a sugar-loaf, covered with verdure and 

 crowned with a dark black summit. The tops of 

 the mountains are all of a tabular form (Kattam 

 Katrassi). 



On Wednesday^ July the 10th, at about 

 10 A. M. we found ourselves abreast of the sand- 

 bank where the Bocqua market is held ; a little 

 below which, on the right hand of the river, is the 

 spot where Mr. Lander nearly lost his life. The 

 reader may probably remember the lively de- 

 scription he gives of the danger he was in here. 

 The arrow was aimed, the bow was drawn, and 

 in another moment the fatal shaft would have 

 done its business, had not the arm which directed 

 it been arrested by a benevolent hand ; and Mr. 

 Lander and his brother would have been buried 

 beneath a shower of arrows. 



The branch up which we came this morning 

 is about a mile in width. Just as the breeze 

 was springing up, we had the misfortune to break 

 our rudder, which gave us some trouble, and lost 

 us some time. On our left was the craggy emi- 

 nence named the Bird Rock by Lander. It wears 

 a noble and commanding appearance, and is con- 

 tiguous to the shore. We were admiring its fine 

 bold form as we passed it, when our attention was 



