316 MESSAGE FROM CUTTUM-CURAFFEE. 



and forty yams and a fine sheep.* Soho, who 

 came with him, had four very fine teeth in his 

 canoe ; one of them would have weighed ninety 

 pounds. He wanted to sell them for cowries. 

 He was shown pistols, rugs, swords, &c. but he 

 refused to part with them for anything but 

 cowries. 



Jowdie brought a message from the King of 

 Cuttum-CurafFee, to the effect that his observa- 

 tory had been destroyed by lightning for the 

 third time, and that his majesty hoped I would 

 send him some maghony (medicine or charm) 

 to prevent a recurrence of the disaster ; that he 

 himself had sacrificed two slaves to appease the 

 evil spirit. The king also sent word that he 

 had collected plenty of ivory, and was anxiously 

 expecting my arrival. — Two Felatahs were at 

 Cuttum-CurafFee, and told Jowdie that since the 

 white men were at Rabbah, all the principal 



* The sheep, a beautiful creature, with a mane of long 

 hair like a lion, and the finest symmetrical form possible, 

 was presented to the Liverpool Zoological Gardens, being 

 the first of the kind ever brought to England. During the 

 voyage home of three months, it became quite docile and 

 a general favourite with all hands, answering to its name of 

 Cuttum, like a dog : it was fed upon biscuits, yams, &c. 

 and never refused salt beef and pork. 



