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the queen, came on board, about eleven o'clock, 

 accompanied by seven eunuchs. We received her 

 majesty with a salute of seven guns, and she 

 brought with her three teeth weighing a hundred 

 and sixteen pounds. I might have considered 

 myself favoured in this respect, as she never 

 brought more than two at a time to Mr. Lander. 

 Nevertheless, we found her a difficult trader. 

 She wore a piece of our green velvet round her 

 head, and was dressed in a country cloth. 



It seems that the quality of our Manchester 

 cottons is too good for these markets, for the Afri- 

 cans will not pay the price of them. The print- 

 ed cottons are too good, and the pieces too large. 

 I had some of them divided into two smaller ones 

 of fourteen yards each ; which answered bet- 

 ter, as the traders always agreed for so many 

 pieces. 



I have before alluded to a report that had 

 reached Abboka respecting our intentions, and 

 yesterday it was again mentioned. Abboka now 

 asked me if I would " really write a book," as 

 they consider everything in the shape of writing 

 on paper as sacred ; and I consented to draw up 

 an agreement, to set their suspicions at rest. 



The king expressed a wish that our men should 

 be forbidden to interrupt the married women, or 



