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Rabbah as we had expected. He stated that 

 the canoes which we had observed hovering about 

 yesterday attempted to take the Kroomen, but, 

 from the proximity of the vessel, they could not 

 accomplish their object. We learned from Al 

 Hadge, that the King and Chiefs of Rabbah ex- 

 pressed their fears that we were coming as aux- 

 iliaries to the Magia ; and had not Mina been 

 sent to assure them that the motive of our jour- 

 ney was to establish a fair trade, it is probable 

 that they would all of them have abandoned the 

 town. The width of the river in this part is 

 about a mile and a half. 



At 9. 30 A. M. we passed several very prettily- 

 situated towns ; the reach lying due north. To 

 the westward was a fine range of hills, extending 

 in a northerly direction. 



On the declivity of one of the abovementioned 

 chain of mountains is a very populous and ex- 

 tensive town, half Nufie and half Yarriba, named 

 Tcharige. This is the largest town we have met 

 with since leaving Old England ; it is only a 

 few hundred yards from the river-side, on the 

 declivity of a high hill. Reach, north-west. — We 

 heard here that the Felatahs intended to attack 

 the King of Iddah in the next dry season. In 



