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About noon we passed Forsyth's Peak, and a 

 town named Addah, where Mr. Lander and his 

 brother stopped on coming down the river. Hav- 

 ing landed to inspect the town, the chief was 

 very happy to see the Christians, as we were 

 termed, and to behold Mr. Lander once more. 

 When we first landed, the women had concealed 

 themselves; but finding that we were friends, 

 they soon reappeared from their hiding-places. 



We continued on our voyage, and anchored off 

 Point Laird.* At 3. 40 p. m. Mr. Allen and myself 

 landed abreast Lairdook. The natives were very 

 civil, and expressed a desire that we should make 

 war upon the Felatahs. We obtained some sheep, 

 eggs, &c. 



A canoe came alongside, from a town lying 

 under the Rennell range, named Egbo, having 

 two or three Felatah tax-gatherers in her. 

 These men were appointed to receive the 

 amounts due to the King of Rabbah from those 

 whose duty it was to take them from the people. 

 Mr. Lander thought that seizing the king's 

 cowries collected for taxes would be redeeming 

 in part the debt due to us. One of the Felatahs 



* The soil of Laird's Point is steatite : near to it are sand- 

 stone and rocks of volcanic formation. 



