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wore handkerchiefs of English manufacture, and 

 some few had on blue jackets. 



We sent our Kroomen on shore for a supply 

 of wood ; and having obtained it, we proceeded 

 on about 4 p. M. and dropped down the current 

 while the steam was getting up. Soon after we 

 passed a very pretty island near the Bocqua 

 market, on the left side of the river, which was 

 named Smart's Island. 



At 6. 45, it being very dark, we anchored a 

 few miles from Iddah. The difference of climate 

 was here very perceptible : we found the atmo- 

 sphere cold and hazy. The transition to us was 

 also very sudden, having been sixteen days com- 

 ing from Rabbah, ten of which we were lying at 

 anchor off Egga ; and we were only thirty hours 

 under weigh in reaching this place from Rabbah. 



The morning of Friday, the 18th, set in with 

 a fine breeze. We sent for a supply of wood, 

 and soon after anchored abreast of Iddah, and 

 Abboka's Island. The interpreter, Mina, was 

 sent to the king with a conciliatory message. 

 Abraham, a boy from Cape Coast, and brought 

 from Prince's Island by Mr. Lander, was taken 

 ill of acute dysentery. 



