RETURN OF MR. BROWN. M9 



in me to attempt to effect in one boat what 

 it appeared that Mr. Lander had been unable to 

 achieve with two, and that I should certainly 

 be stopped and plundered. Moreover, I had 

 only two black men on board who could speak 

 English, and no person to leave with the vessel. 



From the 12th of February to the 20th, I was 

 very ill, and confined to my mat on the quarter- 

 deck ; but I was now convalescent. About dusk 

 last evening I was disturbed by some of Abboka's 

 canoes passing the vessel, with the remains of 

 six warriors who were killed during the seven 

 years' war with his brother Attah. It appeared 

 that they had been disinterred at Damuggoo, 

 and were to be again buried before Abboka's 

 house at Iddah, after some fetish ceremonies had 

 been performed over them. 



On the 26th of February, the long-boat with 

 Mr. Brown returned from Addacoodah, he hav- 

 ing sold goods to the amount of thirty-one thou- 

 sand cowries. The Addacoodah people and Ic- 

 cory traders sent by him to request me to pay 

 them a visit, as they were anxious to traffic. 



During the last few days Abboka was making 

 Ju-ju, in consequence of which twelve of his sons, 

 who trade to the Iccory market, remained at 



