12! ASSUGAN— ASSENWY — ATTAKANKEE. 



mile and a quarter in width. On the east side 

 of this is a town named Assugan, which was con- 

 cealed from our view by the intervening islands. 

 At 11 o'clock we ran aground abreast of some 

 palm-trees, and did not clear the shoal until 

 nearly four in the afternoon. An hour after ex- 

 tricating ourselves, we passed Assenny, a small 

 town lying on the eastern bank of the river. 

 At the foot of a mountain leading into the main 

 branch from Assugan, on the left, is a large 

 dye-pit, used for dyeing clothes with indigo. 

 At 4. 45, we entered the main branch of the river. 

 The direction of this last reach was about north. 

 We immediately entered another, running in a 

 north-easterly direction. 



At one time we were completely encircled by 

 mountains, the river flowing as if in a valley be- 

 tween them, and imparting a highly picturesque 

 effect to the landscape. 



At 5 p. M. we passed Attakankee, a town con- 

 sisting of about two hundred huts, several of 

 them built of a quadrangular form. Palm-trees 

 were still to be seen in abundance, but smaller 

 and more stunted in their growth than those 

 seen at the sea-side. 



At 6. 10, p. M. we anchored near a village 



