CHAP. III. 
ANXIETY OF THE CORANNAS— SITUATION OF MO- 
BATEE— CUPIDO'S ADDRESS TO THE CORANNAS 
—COMMANDOES RELINQUISHED— THE CORANNAS 
JUSTIFICATION OF THEIR CONDUCT. 
The first thing which Munameets and the other 
Matchappees communicated to the Coranna chief, 
and his captains, M^as an account of the number of 
oxen which the kings and captains up the country 
had given us for our support during our visit to 
them. Their object in relating this so soon was, of 
course, to induce them to do the same. We found 
that the Corrannas had been anxious about us, in 
consequence of our long detention in the interior 
beyond the time that was expected, and had 
sent a messenger as far as Lattakoo, to inform the 
friends there that they had heard nothing of us. 
These are a part of the same nation of Corannas 
whom I had seen at Malapeetzee on my former 
journey. They supplied us very liberally with 
