298 DEATH OF THE CARPENTER. 



or halo round the sun, comprising all the glow- 

 ing colours of the rainbow. In the evening the 

 carpenter was taken sick. 



At one o'clock the following morning a heavy 

 tornado came on from the north-east, with loud 

 but distant peals of thunder. 



At 5. 40 A. M. William Miller, the carpenter, 

 who had been very unwell ever since coming 

 into the river, and who was worse yesterday, 

 expired. He was about forty-eight years of 

 age, a very industrious man, and the only Eng- 

 lishman I had on board. I had now only one 

 white man left, and he was a Spaniard, and 

 could not speak a word of English ; and being 

 myself but a very indifferent Spanish scholar, his 

 loss would prevent me from executing my inten- 

 tion of going to Egga. I intended visiting Ka- 

 cundah (or Mogay, as it is named by the natives), 

 also Ibbodo, which is the residence of the king, 

 and consequently the principal town. 



The death of the carpenter placed me more in 

 the power of my enemies, and I therefore thought 

 it prudent to keep on the most friendly terms 

 with Abboka, and sent him one of our best 

 swords, with a message, that when he intended 

 to injure me, I should expect him to return it. 



