312 MARK OF RESPECT TO DR. BRIGGS. 



him to say that in the course of a month or six 

 weeks the large ship would come up the river to 

 trade for ivory, and that I felt very sorry at be- 

 ing destitute of goods suitable for trade, all my 

 stock being expended, except swords, pistols, and 

 large umbrellas, with which I was very anxious 

 to trade. Soho had purchased slaves with the 

 cowries 1 had given him for the seventy-one 

 pounds of ivory : he had six young women, three 

 of whom had children at the breast. He in- 

 formed me that he had purchased them with the 

 intention of exchanging them for ivory with the 

 traders of the interior. 



The morning of the 10th was very dull ; at 

 noon it commenced raining, and continued until 

 the following morning. 



On the 11th the weather changed, and the 

 morning was fine. Francisco, the Spaniard, was 

 taken ill, and I found, on examination, that he 

 was labouring under chronic disorder of the 

 liver. 



On coming up the river, I sought for the 

 place where the late lamented Dr. Briggs was 

 interred. I had long entertained a wish to place 

 a board over his grave, to mark out the spot to 

 future voyagers. I was now engaged in pre- 



