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indignant that he was not traded with. It thus 

 becomes a difficult matter to know who is to be 

 traded with, and who is not. 



Attah also confessed that he had caused poison 

 to be administered to poor old Pascoe. He 

 accused Pascoe of being the sole cause of the 

 vessels going up the river, and of giving all the 

 best goods to the Kings of Fundah and Cuttum- 

 Curaffee ; and that he had been informed that 

 one of his eunuchs heard Pascoe tell Mr. Lander, 

 in the Houssa language, to get away directly, as 

 the King of Iddah was no good, but a very bad 

 man. Attah told me that his heart turned up 

 against them, — particularly against poor Pascoe, 

 who, along with Braham, another interpreter, 

 had had poison administered to them. They had 

 been both invited to partake of some foofoo by 

 Mallam Catab at Addacoodah. In consequence 

 of the destruction of the town by the Felatahs at 

 that time, the Mallam then resided on a sand- 

 bank. Poor old Pascoe was very hungry, and 

 ate heartily of the poisoned dish ; but Braham, 

 fortunately suspecting something, ate but little. 

 Old Pascoe did not long survive his meal : he 

 went on board his vessel, complained of his 

 stomach, and shortly after expired. 



