DEPARTURE FROM IDDAH. i593 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



Departure from Iddah. — The Alburkah aground. — Hostility 

 of the Natives, — Death of the Carpenter, William Miller. — 

 Proceed uj) the River. — Difficulties of Navigation. — Arrive 

 at Iccory Market, the Bocqua of Lander. — Bird Rock. — 

 Intercourse and Trade with the Natives. 



Accordingly, on the 9tli of April, in pursuance 

 of my intentions, no messenger having arrived 

 from Abboka, I got under v^^eigh, having sounded 

 the channel previously. I fired a few guns for 

 Abboka, and got through the most difficult part 

 of the river hereabouts ; but owing to the engine 

 failing, we ran aground in the main branch, 

 nearly abreast of the town where Amerboo had 

 been taken prisoner. 



Abboka sent to inquire the reason of my de- 

 parture ; but I returned no satisfactory answer, 

 for I had ample reason to be perfectly disgusted 

 with every one at Iddah. Two Mallams, entire 

 strangers to me, soon after came on board, and 

 said that the people who had seized Amerboo 



