28 ANCHOR OFF EGGAGINEE. 



The King of Amakoa is subject to Ederesa, the 

 legitimate king of the Nufie country. 



The course of the river during the day was 

 mostly north, with sometimes westing : the 

 soundings were very favourable, being not less 

 than two, and as much as seven fathoms. The dis- 

 tance computed to be run was twenty-four miles. 



At 6. 20 p. M. we anchored off a large town, 

 named by the Shabbee people Eggaginee, and 

 by the natives of Nufie, Batchinkee, where about 

 thirty canoes, containing a great number of the 

 natives, met us. 



Early on the 2nd of September, a great 

 number of the natives were assembled on the 

 banks, gazing at the vessel ; and about eight 

 o'clock, upwards of thirty canoes were paddling 

 around us, looking at the equipments of the ves- 

 sel with astonishment. They appeared to pos- 

 sess more curiosity than any of the natives we 

 had yet seen. Several of them said, they had 

 heard of the white man's boat, but they did not 

 think it was so large. Their own canoes were 

 some of the largest we had seen, being upwards 

 of fifty feet long, by two and a half or three feet 

 wide, with flat bottoms. The natives are power- 

 ful, robust-looking men, and stand up in their 



