434 BASSA COUNTRY. 



distance of each other, all of which are under 

 the dominion of the King of Jodah : his terri- 

 tories extend as far as Yimmahah. 



At 11 A. M. on the 8th, we got under weigh, 

 and passed a small but very neat town on the 

 right bank of the river, at the rate of about five 

 knots and a half per hour ; the force of the cur- 

 rent against us being two knots. 



We were now entering the Bassa, or No Bul- 

 lock country, and passed an island, the name 

 of which I could not ascertain. The course of 

 the river from Yoohai is south-south-east. At 

 3 P. M. we passed a small town on the left bank 

 of the river, named Acatah, a little on the other 

 side of which is a small river, which flows within 

 ten miles of Fundah, bearing north-west from 

 where it falls into the Tchadda. Near it we 

 met with a sandbank which extends from the 

 town of Acatah a considerable distance up the 

 river. For the first time since leaving the Eboe 

 country, we observed two palm-trees growing by 

 the river-side. The banks were low and swampy, 

 and must render this part very unhealthy : the 

 appearance of the country near the sea-side [is 

 very similar. In our progress we passed se- 

 veral towns situated at a small distance from the 



