264 FATE OF THE KING'S SON. 



ing, and naturally obtained him my regard. 

 I asked him his opinion respecting my send- 

 ing a messenger to the king ; which he advised 

 me to do, and to send by him a little gun powder 

 to discharge over his son, who had been killed with 

 a poisoned arrow by the natives near to Ibbodo. 

 This was the young prince who came up with 

 us from Atchimaree when Abboka was on board, 

 and the same person who willingly stripped him- 

 self of his tobes and charms, and went up to the 

 middle in water to assist in getting the vessel 

 off the sandbank. Poor fellow ! I thought him 

 worthy of a better fate. 



It was agreed the messenger should say, that 

 I had looked into the book, and found that 

 Gabbreducco had been to the king, and had made 

 wicked proposals to him, which he had kept 

 secret from Abboka, and that he had acted wrong 

 in concealing from him bad intentions. As I had 

 not a person on board I considered more adapt- 

 ed for this undertaking than Mr. Brown, I in- 

 structed him in M'hat he was to say, and directed 

 him to go in the morning. 



Abboka wished me to poison Gabbreducco, say- 

 ing that if I did so he could then do me no in- 

 jury ; but I told him that it was against the laws 



