TRICKERY OF THE NATIVES. 7 



canic formation. Our general rate of sailing was 

 four knots per hour, with a current in our favour 

 of two knots and a half. The little river Ocqua 

 is about one hundred and fifty yards wide, and 

 falls into the Tchadda below the town of Acai- 

 tah. Potingah, the port of Fundah, is seated on 

 its bank. A few canoes came off with eggs, 

 yams, &c. but they demanded a most exorbitant 

 price for them. A tooth was likewise brought 

 for sale which had been several times on board 

 before, but was not purchased, on account of its 

 being broken. The natives had resorted to a 

 method which would not have disgraced a Lon- 

 don ring-dropper. By dint of scouring, the 

 tooth had been changed from a dingy brown to a 

 beautiful white, and was carefully wrapped up 

 in matting, and bound round with the bark of a 

 tree. This was to give it the appearance of hav- 

 ing come a considerable distance ; but the deceit 

 did not succeed. 



At 3. 45, we anchored off Obofoh, abreast 

 of Frenchwood. Thermometer, 85 ; night, 66. 

 Above this place is a mount, about twelve 

 hundred feet in length and two hundred high, 

 which was named Lander's Seat. Abreast of 

 it is also an island of considerable beauty. 



