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bag, resembling in appearance a bag-wig. Their 

 guns were their idols ; several of them were hung 

 with charms enclosed in leather, and one was 

 literally covered with small studs of lead about 

 the size of a nail's head. 



About noon the next day, December 22nd, 

 I took my departure for Iddah, and at night 

 halted on a sandbank. The night was very fine, 

 and a bright moon served to make it more so. 

 We found a great difference in the atmosphere 

 during the two last days : from foggy, thick 

 weather, we were now enjoying a calm, serene, 

 and cloudless sky. 



At 5 A. M. on Monday, 23rd December, we de- 

 parted for Iddah, where we arrived, after a labo- 

 rious and most fatiguing journey, at 11 p.m. 

 From the troublesome attacks of the musquitoes, 

 and the apprehensions arising from the treachery 

 of the natives, I had not been able to close my 

 eyes since leaving the vessel on the morning of 

 the 19th. 



I found Mr. Brown, the clerk, quite well, and 

 very glad to behold a European complexion 

 again. On inquiry, I found that the king had 

 behaved very kindly to him and his party in 

 supplying them with provisions, but had made 



