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came on board, and was immediately seized ; and 

 the other, with his wives, made off with all possi- 

 ble despatch. The boat was manned, and I went 

 in pursuit of him. Finding himself so closely 

 pressed, he ran the canoe into a small creek 

 under the town of Egbo, at the foot of the 

 Rennell range of mountains ; and before reaching 

 the landing-place, he threw himself overboard, 

 swam ashore, and, gliding among grass up- 

 wards of twenty or twenty-five feet high, ef- 

 fected his escape. I seized his canoe, and took 

 it alongside of the vessel ; there were twenty- 

 six thousand cowries in it, which, being placed 

 to the credit of the Sullikeen Felarney, reduced 

 his debt to a hundred and thirty-four thousand 

 cowries. — Rennell Mountains are called by the 

 natives Jennum Sagum Jinna. 



On the following morning we released the 

 Felatah whom we had seized. He confessed 

 that it was the intention of the king and chiefs 

 to get us all on shore and poison us, and after- 

 wards to seize the steamer. We returned his 

 canoe, and every thing in it except the cowries, 

 telling him that payment of the debt was all that 

 was required. 



Two men were left at Rabbah ; — Mina the in- 



