FOUL WEATHER. 



with mangoes. This fruit, curious to say, would 

 never fall upon the Prince's head, although his 

 courtiers often suffered severe contusions — at 

 least, so we were assured. 



After a long walk, which crippled my naked 

 arms and legs with sunburns, we returned to the 

 shore, and Said complaining, with a visage like 

 Falstaff's ' wet cloak ill-laid up,' that never before 

 had he endured such fatigue, we signalled the 

 Riami for a boat. It was five hours coming, 

 the wind blew off shore, and we had some trouble 

 in persuading certain Tumbatu men to carry off 

 the party of six in a monoxyle, a single log of 

 wood, propelled by a scarf. A few dates and a 

 dollar sent them back happy, and the Eiami had 

 used her time well in washing decks and taking 

 in water. 



The Aveather now set seriously against us. 

 The thermometer fell some 5° (F.), and heavy 

 showers, mostly in the morning, wetted us clean 

 through, despite all precautions. Lightning 

 from the N. West appeared; the 'egg of the 

 cloud ' showed the focus of electric matter, and 

 tornados, exactly resembling those of the Guinea 

 coast, made the crew down sail, and satisfy 

 themselves with one knot an hour. They had a 

 peculiar style of keeping watch ; all sat up sing- 



