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the hand. We presented him with a large um- 

 brella, and received a tooth in return, weighing 

 forty-four pounds. Mr. Lander inquired if, 

 when the vessel came up again, he would supply 

 us with ivory ; and whether, in case we left Mr. 

 Brown at Iddah, he would protect him and trade 

 with him for teeth. To this he replied in the 

 affirmative, and, as usual, said that he had abun- 

 dance of ivory to sell. — A great number of eu- 

 nuchs were present, as well as a great number 

 of gentlemen from the city. 



The queen, with four of her daughters, at- 

 tended by three eunuchs, came on board the 

 next day, and brought some ivory as a present. 



We found here an old man named Aggary, a 

 subject of King Pepple's at Bonny, with rum, 

 iron bars, and cloth, trading for slaves. He was 

 in the same canoe with Mr. Lander when that 

 gentleman was taken prisoner at Kinee : Mr. 

 Lander had promised to give him a pistol, which 

 was not forgotten by the old man ; for when he 

 came on board, the first thing he did was to call 

 out, " Pesto, pesto !" His appearance was very 

 singular : he was " blind of one eye, and squinted 

 with the other ;" and his left leg was about two 

 inches shorter than its fellow. From him we 



