204 ANCHOR OFF KIRREE. 



what we could have done without it : certain it 

 is, that we should have had considerable difficulty 

 in getting up to Iddah ; and had the king's 

 people obtained possession of the goods, we 

 should never have seen either them or their equi- 

 valent in cowries. Fortunately there was plenty 

 of water even at this late period of the season 

 in several places. Both when I went and re- 

 turned on my late journey, I sounded and exa- 

 mined the river most minutely. As soon as the 

 engine was started, it appeared to labour ; but 

 when once fairly set in motion, it worked very 

 well. I found that several things had been 

 missing since my absence : two cases of cut- 

 lasses had been broken open, and many of them 

 carried away. 



Thursday, January 2lnd. — Last night, Abboka, 

 and a son of the King of Iddah, and the inspector 

 of markets, went on shore to sleep. In the 

 course of the evening, I thanked Abboka for the 

 canoes, and desired him to dismiss them, as I 

 should not stand in need of their services. 



At 11 A. M. we got under weigh, and continu- 

 ed our course until 5 p. m. when we again stop- 

 ped for half an hour, and anchored off Kirree 

 at 8. 40 p. M. > 



The canoes kept company with us until 



