34 TOWN OF AKELAMY. 



on board unless he brought with him a dash of 

 wood. The consequence of this was, that before 

 we had risen from our beds, large quantities of 

 wood were waiting alongside, which, together 

 with a canoe-load from the king, enabled us to 

 get under weigh by nine o'clock, and saved us a 

 day cutting wood, which always occupied so 

 much of our time. While I was writing my jour- 

 nal at this place, a canoe was within the length 

 of the vessel, with ten of the natives, bringing 

 us wood : we could not, however, stop for it, 

 and they were greatly disappointed at our not 

 taking it. 



At 10. 30, A. M. we passed a town on the right 

 bank, named Akelamy. The reach of the river 

 lay north-north-west. We observed here several 

 large flocks of wild geese, together with great 

 numbers of Belaric cranes. In the part of the 

 country where we now were, the women (as Mr. 

 Lander has noticed) wear red cornelian, cut into 

 the shape of hearts, and tied around their necks. 

 The cornelian is brought to the coast in English 

 vessels as necklaces ; on reaching the interior, it 

 is rubbed on a smooth stone into an hexagonal 

 form, and is worn around the loins of the females 

 in strings of five or six, according to the rank of 



