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Mr. Lander, the day before we arrived here, 

 was very much indisposed ; but he was now better. 

 The Kacundah patient suffering from inflamed 

 eyes was also much improved ; her sight was now 

 free from inflammation. Yesterday her sister 

 came on board to see her, and I was gratified 

 by her anxiety to express her gratitude for my 

 charge of her. 



At 10. 30 the next morning we got under 

 weigh with a fine breeze, the reach running 

 north. After passing Eggaginee, or Batchinkee, I 

 was quite astonished to see so many huts extend- 

 ing a considerable distance up the river. Eleven 

 large and populous towns may be seen within a 

 stone's throw of each other : they are all under 

 the dominion of Ederesa, who is the legitimate 

 king, but tributary to the Felatahs. We passed 

 a town on the right side of the river, called 

 Hoobah, and another named Zufomah. Soon 

 after, we passed a hill about a thousand feet 

 high, and in many parts cultivated to its very 

 summit. The beauty of the scenery is greatly 

 increased by these patches of cultivated ground, 

 where the palm-trees and the monkey-bread- 

 fruit are particularly conspicuous : the former, 

 however, decrease in number and size. At this 



