SULLIKEEN YIKI. 6l 



We found Sullikeen Yiki seated on a leopard's 

 skin, with about twenty others around him. In 

 appearance he is a most ferocious-looking fellow, 

 and is deeply pitted with the small-pox. His 

 face is very broad, and ornamented with a most 

 capacious mouth : he wore a sword over his 

 left arm. There was something in this man's 

 look which was anything but prepossessing, and 

 after staying a short time with him we took our 

 departure. 



In the course of the day, Yiki sent for some 

 patterns of velvet. Some goods were to be sent 

 ashore the next day, to try if they would meet 

 with purchasers. He invited me frequently to 

 his house, and as often as I went, brought one 

 or two of his wives or his friends, to have me- 

 dicine administered to them. 



On the following day (18th September) Mr. 

 Brown was sent to the market with some goods, 

 which did not meet with a ready sale, as only 

 two thousand cowries were taken. It was de- 

 termined to establish a trade at this place if 

 possible : — the Alburkah was to run as far as 

 possible up the river to Boosa ; and should the 

 rocks obstruct her progress, Mr. Lander and my- 

 self were to proceed on in the long-boat. 



