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vessel : that this same individual applied some 

 time ago to the king for the same purpose, at the 

 period I went up to Attah in the canoe. The 

 king refused, and Abboka, I remember, stated 

 that he himself had come down for the express 

 purpose of remaining near me, and that had he 

 not been on board, Gabbreducco would have at- 

 tacked me. 



I was further told, that the first time we ran 

 aground, on the 7th December, off the town 

 above Eboe, the natives of which plundered Mr. 

 Lander, Gabbreducco with two of his wives 

 came on board. I now perfectly recollected him 

 and his boys, upwards of sixty in number, in 

 a very large canoe. When they came on board, 

 the quarter-deck was so crowded, that I ordered 

 it to be cleared three or four times. The 

 reason of such a number being on board, was 

 because their assistance was required in getting 

 up the anchor, the windlass having been broken 

 off Bonny. Each of the men wore knives (a 

 circumstance I remember remarking to the mate, 

 the late Mr. Huntington) ; and these fellows had 

 come with the determination of murdering me 

 and my crew, who are since dead, and after- 

 wards of plundering the vessel ! 



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