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three dozen lashes, for stealing flints ; and Gef- 

 frey Fireman, who was put in irons as his ac- 

 complice, was liberated. 



At 1 p. M. we got under weigh, our course 

 running north-north-west. Passed a town situ- 

 ate on the right bank of the river, called He- 

 gagee. At 2. 30 p. m. we passed another, named 

 Pundah, lying on the opposite bank. Immedi- 

 ately above this place is the mouth of a small 

 river, said to have its rise in the Tchadda, near 

 Beeshee. We passed a town named Accabooh, 

 situate on the left bank ; also another, lying 

 near a point on the right. The name of the 

 latter town was Amoee. This last reach ran 

 due north. 



At 3. 25 P.M. we were abreast of a village 

 named Ofooh, situate on the right bank of the 

 river. From the appearance of several of the 

 trees, the river had as yet to make a considerable 

 rise ; some marks indicating as much as sixteen 

 feet above the level. We found a great number 

 of sandbanks remaining uncovered. 



From the great number of towns that we pass- 

 ed, I am inclined to suppose that the popula- 

 tion must be very great indeed. No sooner does 

 the traveller come in sight of one town, than 



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