310 FELATAHS' ATTACK ON BOOSSA. 



five pounds of ivory, at about eight-pence per 

 pound, being the cheapest I had ever obtained. 

 It was very provoking to be obliged to send away 

 several uncommonly fine teeth for want of cowries 

 to purchase them with. More than five hundred 

 weight was taken away for this reason. 



Soho, a trader from Cuttum-Curaffee, brought 

 one tooth for sale. He told me that he did not 

 know till very lately of the vessel being at Id- 

 dah ; that he had inquired of the traders several 

 times, and they told him that we had not yet 

 come up. It appears to have been the policy of 

 Attah and his brother to deny that the ship was 

 at Iddah ; for I know very well that he would 

 not allow a canoe from Addacoodah or Cuttum- 

 Curaffee to come alongside without the owner's 

 head being in jeopardy. 



I was told that the Felatahs were at war with 

 the King of Boossa, several hundred of them hav- 

 ing gone from Soccatoo to Rabbah to assist their 

 lawless companions. The Boossa people deserted 

 their town, after having made considerable resist- 

 ance and driven the Felatahs back. I was also 

 told that they were afraid of coming down the 

 river to attack Attah as long as the Alburkah 

 was there. 



