44! ABBAFOOH. — ACCABOOH. 



a vigilant look-out was kept for it. Mr. Lander 

 states, that in coming down with his brother, 

 they passed between an island and the main 

 land ; but our course has been along the main 

 branch, and yet we have missed it. The current 

 at this place exceeds three knots per hour. — Our 

 course at present lay west-by-north. 



At 5. 35, we anchored in the centre of the 

 stream, which is nearly two miles broad, abreast 

 of a town named Abbafooh, situate on the right 

 bank. We calculated that our run this day had 

 been twenty-five miles. 



At 7. 20 A. M. on the following morning, we 

 got under weigh, and soon after observed a great 

 number of very large canoes, containing about 

 twenty men each, with paddles upwards of six 

 feet in length, which they used standing, with 

 great dexterity. On a sandbank in the centre of 

 the river, stands a large town, named Accabooh, 

 apparently of considerable importance : we 

 saw a great number of sheep, goats, and fowls 

 on the island. As we passed up the river, a 

 great concourse of respectable-looking natives, 

 habited in white tobes, were assembled on the 

 banks ; while hundreds of naked boys and girls 

 were running by the water-side, and trying their 

 speed against that of the vessel. 



