280 STATE OF THE VESSEL. 



ran aground in coming up. They are aware 

 that the water is now beginning to rise^ and 

 no doubt expect that when there is sufficient we 

 shall depart ; to prevent which they make their 

 Ju-ju. 



The calking of the quarter-deck was now 

 completed, and it had been washed with the 

 hose and forcing-pump. The rigging was in a 

 very bad state, some of it indeed completely de- 

 stroyed. The goods were all stowed away below, 

 the decks clear, and the guns, nine in number, 

 ready and double-shotted. Mr. Brown, a native 

 of Cape Coast Castle, and who has been fre- 

 quently mentioned in this journal, had formerly 

 been adjutant in the Cape Coast Militia, and by 

 his assistance we had drilled our men to military 

 discipline, and trained them to the use of small 

 arms, as well as to man the guns. 



I learnt at this time, 28th March, that the 

 Felatahs were still about Egga and Kacundah, 

 levying contributions on the terrified natives. 

 Their treatment of their unhappy victims, and 

 their method of proceeding with them, is certainly 

 very cruel. A Felatah will address one of the 

 natives with " You must give me some thousands 

 of cowries :" if the person they are demanded of 



