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it with an axe. The king (or chief) of her 

 town, on hearing this, determined to try the 

 power of her charm, and desired a man to take 

 an axe, and see whether this wonderful maghony 

 would protect her from its effects ; considering 

 that if it did so, such a charm would be of great 

 advantage in war. Her leg was laid on a block, 

 and a powerful blow given below the knee, the 

 result of which was as might have been expected. 

 To the poor woman's great horror, and the terror 

 of all present, her leg flew to the other side of 

 the room. But she survived it, and now crawled 

 about on her knees. I determined on making 

 application at Fernando Po for a wooden one for 

 the poor creature, as soon as we returned. 



At 9 A. M. we passed a small town situate on 

 the south side of the river. The banks are 

 lined with beautiful and luxuriant trees, several 

 of which are in blossom. By the marks on some 

 of the trees, it appeared that the river had yet 

 to rise thirteen feet. 



We passed a town on the east side named 

 Adomah, and another on the opposite bank call- 

 ed Agongo, and soon after passed a third, named 

 Ezefo. There are several sandbanks uncovered 

 on each side of the river, and we passed one a 



