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the king's wives on meeting them on shore ; and 

 I assured his majesty, as well as the queen, that 

 I would comply with every reasonable demand, 

 and as far as possible remove every just cause of 

 complaint. 



Another interesting subject of conversation 

 turned up respecting the vessels on their first 

 arrival. Attah said that he did not see Mr. 

 Lander when he came up the river, though 

 he was very desirous of seeing the white men 

 and their ships ; but that Mr. Lander, in- 

 stead of giving him the preference, went up the 

 river, and traded with the Kings of Fundah and 

 Cuttum-CurafFee. He told us that he was very 

 angry when a slave belonging to the King of 

 Fundah came into his dominions wearing a pink 

 velvet tobe, which was itself king's cloth : — the 

 velvet had been procured from one of the vessels. 

 The King of Fundah, he also said, had been 

 presented with a beautiful sword ; and that one 

 of his own subjects, going to Fundah, was ad- 

 dressed by a native of that place, who said, 

 " There ! look at this beautiful sword ! has the 

 King of Iddah got such a sword as this ? No ; 

 white man did not bring him a sword." Here 

 then was the murder out, and Attah had since 

 the steamers were up the river been exceedingly 



