16 TOWN OF BACBAGEE. 



which here forms a kind of bay. The huts be- 

 ing cone-shaped and remarkably neat, impart to 

 the town a very pleasing appearance. As soon 

 as the anchor was dropped, the chief sent us a 

 present of a goat. In the course of the day we 

 passed several islands, and got out of the main 

 branch of the river. 



On the following morning I went ashore ; but, 

 as is usually the case, so many people followed 

 me, that it was impossible to proceed any dis- 

 tance. I visited the chief on board, who, I 

 found, paid tribute to the King of Cuttum-Cu- 

 raffee. His name is Quaggee. He is a man 

 rather advanced in years, and of a pleasing and 

 conciliating appearance. His residence is com- 

 posed of five huts, ranged in a circular form, 

 overhung with large cotton-trees, in the branches 

 of which several hundreds of rice-birds have con- 

 structed their nests. The houses are shaken by 

 every breath of wind, without endangering their 

 security. — To the westward are the Kong moun- 

 tains, still extending in the same direction. 

 Above Bacbagee is a town named Egginebah. 



Mr. Lander considered himself obliged to punish 

 Yarriba George, a man of colour, who derives 

 his name from Yarriba, his native country, with 



