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came on board and remained with us a consider- 

 able time. I gave them two bottles of rum, and 

 wrote a letter to Mr. Lander, which I sent with 

 two dollars to Obie to induce him to forward it 

 to King Boy by the earliest opportunity. 



Dollars are in great request among the kings 

 and chiefs of the interior, who use them as rings for 

 the fingers. They first drill two holes about the 

 centre, into which they insert a circular piece 

 of lead for the finger, the flat surface of the 

 dollar being on the upper part of the hand, like 

 a large seal-ring. 



I was told by Obie's son that Abboka had ar- 

 rived at the town abreast of us, with a great 

 number of canoes. 



