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way, had halted till we came up. We in the rear took 
the road to Jonkakonda, which place we reached at one 
clock ; but not finding Lieutenant Martyn nor any of 
the men who were in front, concluded they had gone by 
New Jermy, &c., therefore hired a guide and continued 
our march. Halted a few minutes under a large tree at 
the village of Lamain-Cotto, to allow the soldiers to cool 
themselves; and then proceeded towards Lamain, at 
which place we arrived at four o'clock. The people were 
extremely fatigued, having travelled all day under a ver- 
tical sun, and without a breath of wind. Lieutenant 
Martyn and the rest of our party arrived at half past five, 
having taken the road by New Jermy. 
On our arrival at Lamain we unloaded the asses under 
a large Bentang tree on the east side of the town. The 
Slatee (or master of that district of the kingdom of Kataba, 
called Lamain) came to pay his respects to me, and re- 
quested that I would order the bundles and asses to be 
removed to some other tree ; assuring me that if we slept 
under it, we should all be dead before morning. 1 was 
for some time at a loss to comprehend his meaning; when 
he took me by the hand, and leading me to one of the 
large notches in the root of the tree, shewed me three 
spear-heads which appeared to have been tinged with 
blood, lying with their points amongst bone-ashes, and 
