328 A FALLEN SWINDLER. 



many little articles for trade. I was informed 

 that a war is going forward up the Tchadda, 

 and that the Bassa people had joined the natives 

 of Corracu, and several had been killed. 



On the morning of the 3rd, the person who 

 represented himself as the chief of Fundykee, 

 and who was put in irons when the vessels 

 went up the Tchadda, last August, came on 

 board, and appeared very glad to see me, em- 

 bracing me most cordially. In kneeling down to 

 pay his respects, he struck his head against the 

 deck several times, exclaiming, " Burka, burka." 

 He was very shabbily dressed, and appeared re- 

 duced to great indigence. I understood that 

 since he was prisoner on board, he had been 

 much despised, and no one seemed willing to 

 notice him. It will be recollected that he was 

 liberated after being kept in durance for a fort- 

 night, in the course of which time the people 

 took the opportunity of robbing his house. I 

 could not resist the inclination to give the un- 

 fortunate man a red cap and a looking-glass, and 

 his joy on receiving them was unbounded, as 

 much from finding himself restored to favour as 

 for the sake of the presents. He ran backwards 

 and forwards about the deck like a madman, and 



