164 KING jacket's brother. 



sent the Kroomen on shore to cut wood ; and at 

 4. 30 p. M. got under weigh, and at 7 p. m. again 

 came to an anchor. For the last two days, since 

 leaving Louis' Creek, the soundings varied from 

 one and a half to six fathoms. 



On the next morning we were under weigh 

 at 4 A. M. ; and at seven, our stock of fuel being 

 exhausted, we anchored abreast of a small town. 

 Here we received a canoe-load of wood, a goat, 

 and some plantains. The river appeared to 

 have fallen about fifteen feet. Having con- 

 tinued up the river, at 6 p. m. we anchored off 

 a town belonging to King Jacket's brother. A 

 large canoe from Brass came alongside, and the 

 people in her appeared unwilling to leave us : I 

 ordered them away, telling them to come on 

 board again at daylight. Mr. Huntington, chief 

 mate, and six of the men, unfit for duty from 

 illness. 



On the morning, 3rd December, we des- 

 patched the Kroomen ashore to cut wood. In 

 the course of the morning. King Jacket's brother 

 came on board : he presented me with two canoe- 

 loads of wood and a goat. He was dressed in 

 an old jacket, with a piece of silk tied round his 

 loins ; and on leaving us, attached a piece of 



