supposing that he was employed upon a diplomatic 
missioUj he was called ' the ambassador* by our peoplcj 
a name that aoou superseded his proper appellation^ 
Manougbinoug. He had attracted attention from the 
first, by his unassuming yet somewhat dignified manners 
and from bis being always a mere looker-on^ while the 
other natives were busily employed either in assisting our 
people, or in procuring food. He was^ in fact, on a visit, 
and was treated with great consideration^ not only by the 
tribe with which he was residing, but by all the natives 
who happened to be in our vicinity. This yonng man 
returned to the hills about six months after our anival, 
taking with him a Maeassar man who had been engaged 
in the service of Sir Gordon Bremer^ but who, being 
possessed of a wandering disposition, suffered himself to 
be enticed away from the settlement. Tim bo, the man 
in question^ returned among us after an absence of several 
months, and spoke in the highest terms of the reception 
he had met with from the people of the interior. He 
described them as being much more numerous and better 
organized than the coast tribes. One great chief, whom 
he dignified with the title of 'rajahj* possessed control 
over several large communities, each of which had also 
its own chief. The people derived their subsistence from 
the spontaneous produce of the country, which appeared to 
be in great abundance. The soil was not cultivated, but a 
kind of grain, which grew spontaneously upon the alluvial 
banks of the lakes, was collected and prepared for food by 
pounding with stones, cakes being formed of the meal, 
which were baked in the ashes of their fires. This grain, 
