HIS CHARACTER. 129 



We experienced the same difficulty in trading 

 as we did before, from the king's wishing to have 

 the goods without paying for them. He was 

 requested to show the large teeth before men- 

 tioned. Some of the people went away, but re- 

 turned in the course of a few minutes, and said 

 that the man had closed the house where the 

 ivory was deposited. The king then informed 

 us that he would trade with Mr. Brown, the 

 clerk whom we should leave. 



It was by such measures as the above that the 

 king endeavoured to obtain possession of our 

 goods, doubtless without any intention of paying 

 if he could only induce Mr. Lander to leave 

 them. On inquiring again for the large teeth, 

 we were told that they had belonged to the 

 king's father when alive, which was the sole 

 reason why he was unwilling to part with 

 them. 



Some idea may be formed of the character of 

 this prince,* when it is stated, that while he 

 professes such respect for the memory of his 

 father, he caused the corpse to be disinterred, a 

 few months after the late king's death, (when he 



* The King of Idda (Attah) and Abboka of Damuggoo 

 are half-brothers, and natives of Fundah. 



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