ANCHOR NEAR ADDAPAH. 13 



named Addapah ; Cuttum-Curaffee being situ- 

 ated inland, on the side of a mountain which 

 overlooks Addapah. The chief of this place is 

 styled Sullikeen Kofoh, or " The King of the 

 Gate," where, like our toll-bars in England, a 

 small duty is exacted. 



During our stay at this anchorage I had been 

 labouring under a distressing headach, and my 

 old complaint, intermittent. 



The King of Cuttum-CurafFee had been in- 

 debted to Mr. Lander two hundred and eighty 

 thousand cowries, of which he had paid all ex- 

 cept forty thousand, and instead of these he now 

 sent him a bullock. This was considerably more 

 than Mr. Lander ever expected to receive. The 

 king wished us to go to Cuttum-CurafFee with 

 goods, distant a few miles, but time would not 

 allow it. From this place there is a most splen- 

 did view of the Kong Mountains, the chain of 

 which assumed a westerly direction. Cuttum- 

 CurafFee lies at the foot, or nearly so, of one of 

 the mountains, and about four miles from the 

 river-side. 



In the course of the time that we lay here, the 

 king's drummer came on board. He played on a 

 drum, which he held under his left arm, by beat- 



