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ing " Baturee la fore, baturee la fore ?" (Is the 

 white man well ?) 



Abboka now interrogated his head slave, Al 

 Hadge, a very intelligent black, who had accom- 

 panied us down to Fernando Po as interpreter. 

 He had been kindly treated by the governor. 

 Colonel Nicolls, who sent Abboka a present of 

 some powder and two excellent muskets ; and 

 on his telling Abboka that the SuUikeen (King) 

 of Fernando Po had sent him guns and ammu- 

 nition wherewith to destroy his enemies, the old 

 chief was much delighted, and expressed much 

 gratitude for the presents. 



Al Hadge sat with his master nearly three 

 hours, relating all the strange sights he had seen, 

 dwelling with much emphasis on the men-of-war 

 and the large houses at Fernando Po : he did not 

 fail to mention the dangers experienced on the 

 Great Salt Water, where, as he expressed it, 

 the ship wanted to break ; — all of which was lis- 

 tened to with much attention and interest by the 

 old man. 



Abboka presented me with some beautiful 

 large onions, a fowl, yams, and some Indian corn 

 bread, for which I gave him two bottles of 



