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CHAPTER X. 



Apartments hired at Rabbah. — Filthiness of the Town. — Inter- 

 course with the Sultan and People of Rabbah. — Death of 

 Mallam Dendo and the Sultan's Sister. -^Difficulty in trad- 

 ing. — Extraordinary Notion of the Natives concerning 

 White Men . — Tlioughts of going to Boossa relinquished. — 

 Medical Aid in request. — A Description of Rabbah, and some 

 Account of the Felatahs, their Trade, Manners, and Customs. 



On the morning of the 20th September, we 

 visited Mallam Dendo. He is an old man, ap- 

 parently about eighty, but said to be a hun- 

 dred and fifteen ; and notwithstanding he ap- 

 peared in a state of starvation, he gave us some 

 Goora nuts and a sealed pot of honey. 



The king seemed very glad to see us when we 

 paid him a visit on the 25th, and inquired if our 

 motive for coming was war ; and being answered 

 in the negative, he appeared perfectly satisfied. 



Having determined on residing on shore for a 

 short time, on this day Lieutenant Allen and I 



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