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river, at three of which the natives were armed 

 with bows, arrows, and knives. The arrows 

 were fixed in the bows ready for discharge. At 

 a town on the left bank, upwards of thirty- 

 natives stationed themselves under a large tree, 

 presenting their arrows and brandishing their 

 knives in a menacing manner at us as we passed 

 them. We took no notice of them, and they 

 suffered us to pursue our course without moles- 

 tation. 



This country is named Aquoto. We have 

 now come up the river sixty miles. Our course 

 this day was about east-south-east, the wind 

 south-south-east. We were detained about half 

 an hour by a large Fundah canoe, the owner of 

 which brought an elephant's tusk, weighing sixty 

 pounds, but demanded such an exorbitant price 

 for it, that we declined purchasing it. 



The following morning was dull and cold, with 

 a strong breeze from the westward. Being very 

 unwell, I would not leave the vessel, and we 

 wished the interpreter, Al Hadge, to go to a 

 town about three miles distant for supplies ; but 

 Abboca having been making war in this neigh- 

 bourhood, he was afraid of venturing. 



At 1. 30 on the 10th, we got under weigh; 



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