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intention was in future to anchor between sand- 

 banks, and to keep as clear of all rocks as I 

 could, and above all, to make the best of our 

 way down to the sea-side. 



At 3 p. M. of the 11th of June, we there- 

 fore got under weigh, and at 6 arrived at Iccory. 

 I sent the boat ashore there, and purchased two 

 bags of French beans. This morning forty-nine 

 fowls and sixty bags of rice were purchased 

 from the Shabbee canoes. At 7 p. m. we were 

 again under weigh ; and at 10 p. m. anchored off 

 a wooding-place. 



I had had a slight attack of dysentery for the 

 last few days, and suffered very great pain. I 

 had purchased a bullock, and was glad to find it 

 was doing very well on board. The trader, who 

 sold it to me for twenty thousand cowries, was a 

 native of Toto, and assured me there was plenty 

 of ivory at that town, and that were I to go 

 there, the king would be glad to trade with us 

 and supply us with provisions. The bullock was 

 from the Bornou country, and the hunch on his 

 shoulders was larger than any I had yet met 

 with. He was of the carrier kind, such as are 

 used by the African ladies to ride to market upon. 

 I placed a Krooman on his back, who, by means 



