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against letting any of the natives meddle with 

 them. 



The king also said, that Abboka would see 

 the Chief of Atehimary, and insist upon his send- 

 ing two bullocks in the place of one. 



His majesty was much amused at our mode of 

 salutation by shaking hands, and inquired the 

 time of our departure ; to which I replied, " when 

 the moon rose." After the usual salutations had 

 been gone through, we parted on very good terms. 



I called at Abboka's house to inquire if Al 

 Hadge was ready to accompany me ; but he had 

 a lame foot and was unable to move. However, 

 pilot or no pilot, I was bent upon leaving that 

 night, aware that the greatest difficulty I should 

 experience would be the want of an interpreter, 

 I had to sail nearly two hundred miles in the 

 boat before I could reach the Alburkah, and I 

 thought, under such circumstances, that it was 

 much better to depart, rather than run the risk 

 of being detained two or three days, particularly 

 as the river was falling very considerably. 



On arriving at the river-side, I felt ill, and 

 was assisted into the long-boat by Mr. Brown, 

 in a complete state of exhaustion. About 9 p. m. 

 feeling somewhat easier, we fired a gun, which 



