32 LUFOMAH — ADDOH. 



town (Lufomah) canoes on passing are obliged 

 to pay a duty of twenty thousand cowries to the 

 Fekitah tax-gatherer : the tow^n is built upon 

 the right bank of the river, which is about nine 

 feet high ; the huts stand close together, and 

 are thickly tenanted. A small town, belonging 

 to the King of Eggaginee, is built on the side of 

 the hill, among a cluster of dark, beautiful trees ; 

 and on the river-side, near it, are three gigantic 

 trees, beneath whose wide embowering shade the 

 natives hold their markets. Above the town is 

 a beautifully picturesque vale, interspersed with 

 spots of highly cultivated ground. At 3 p. m. 

 we passed a large town named Addoh, half a 

 mile in extent, lying on the left bank of the 

 river. 



At 4 p. M. came to an anchor off Little Addoh, 

 or Sappah Fungo. We considered the distance we 

 had run was about twenty miles. A vast con- 

 course of natives were assembled on the banks, 

 who, as we passed them, appeared so struck by 

 the size of our vessel, that many of them fell 

 down on their knees, and threw sand upon their 

 heads, as if doing homage to the king. The 

 depth of the river had been very favourable to 

 our progress, being not less than three, and 



