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inches in length. Although I had the bush 

 cleared away, I could neither find the other half 

 of the first, nor the head of the second. The 

 colour of the largest was finer than anything I 

 had ever seen : it was of rich grassy green ; 

 about two feet from the tail it was speckled with 

 dark velvet spots. The assembled natives gave 

 a most hideous yell when they saw the two mon- 

 sters killed ; and an intelligent man, pointing 

 to the sun, said that a person would die in six 

 hours after being bitten by either of them. — One 

 hundred pounds of ivory were purchased. 



On the morning of the 1st of February, one 

 of Abboka's slaves died from fever ; and Abboka 

 sent me an old broken decanter, which I was 

 to replace with a sound one filled with rum ! 

 An old man brought a very large tooth, weigh- 

 ing one hundred pounds, for sale, which we 

 purchased for about ten-pence per pound. I 

 was very ill all day, but by the 2nd was some- 

 what better. 



After prayers, Jeffry, the first fireman and 

 acting engineer, behaved in a mutinous man- 

 ner. He had formed an attachment with a 

 native woman at Iddah : at his own request, I 

 allowed him his clothes and sent him ashore. 



