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He was a most notorious character, and was dis- 

 missed from the Columbine, of which vessel he 

 was cook, and sent aboard the Quorra, where he 

 conducted himself most disgracefully and was 

 sent ashore by Mr. Laird. 



On Monday, February 3rd, Johnson, the fire- 

 man, was ordered to get the vessel under weigh, 

 that we might shift our anchorage a little lower 

 down the river, as our present position was the 

 bathing-place of both sexes of the natives, and 

 extremely disagreeable. He got the steam up, 

 and the engine worked very well. A great many 

 persons assembled on the banks as soon as they 

 perceived the smoke issuing from the chimney, 

 and thinking we were about to depart, they went 

 and informed the king. 



While we were engaged in anchoring the ves- 

 sel, I was surprised to see the queen come on 

 board. She said, that her brother Attah sent his 

 respects, and hoped I was not going, as he had 

 given orders to his people to trade with us. She 

 brought with her 1 cwt. 2 qrs. 22 lb. of ivory, — a 

 greater quantity than ever she came with before. 

 The cottons went off very well ; indeed, had there 

 been twenty cases, they would every one of them 

 have been sold. 



