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sell her son as a slave to obtain her own liberty : 

 she was to be ransomed the day after I arrived. 



I gave the person a present who had taken care 

 of her during her imprisonment, and who la- 

 mented bitterly my leaving the country. 



At 3. 20 p. M. we got under weigh from Iddah, 

 and at 4, 30 ran aground. I ordered the men to 

 let the water out of the boiler, and to carry out 

 the substitute I had made for an anchor. This 

 consisted of an anvil, a pig of lead, and six iron 

 bars, all fastened together. I likewise sent the 

 wood ashore, in order to lighten the vessel. We 

 were employed the remainder of the day until 



II p. M. ; and owing to the old and decayed con- 

 dition of our tackle, we could not get the vessel 

 off, the rope breaking on the least strain being 

 used. 



During fifteen days I continued suffering from 

 dysentery, owing, I believe, to my having got 

 wet one night during a tornado, at Addacoodah. 

 I was now somewhat recovered, and in the morn- 

 ing of the 23rd we succeeded in our efforts to 

 get the vessel off. At noon we got under weigh, 

 and in an hour anchored again to repair the fire- 

 place. 



It took us until the 20th to reach Eboe, hav- 



