428 VILLAGES OF OBWAH AND OBOFOH. 



to be the most elevated spot of any on the bank 

 of the river for one hundred miles up. We soon 

 after passed a town named Obwah. A tornado 

 came on accompanied with heavy rain. At 11 

 A. M. we anchored abreast of a small village 

 named Obofoh. 



This place is the residence of a man who had 

 fraudulently obtained goods to the amount of 

 seventy-five thousand cowries, by representing 

 himself as a chief of considerable importance. 

 At that time he resided on the banks of the Ni- 

 ger, in a town named Fundykee, and retreated 

 hither after his successful villany. Mr. Lander 

 despatched a message to the king, desiring him 

 to surrender the fugitive, adding, that in case of 

 refusal he would destroy the town. We were 

 informed that there were twenty elephant's teeth 

 for sale at Fundykee. While we were at prayers, 

 a canoe containing three females and several 

 men paddled alongside, bringing a present of a 

 goat and some Indian corn. In the evening we 

 showed a blue light, and sent up a rocket, which 

 produced so much panic among the natives, that 

 many of them precipitated themselves from the 

 canoes into the water, in order to effect their 

 escape. On this day Clarke, a man of colour 



