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where Thompson had established his factory, he was 
soon visited by the king Summa Tumba, ablind man, 
subject to the sovereign of Cantore. After mutual 
compliments, " he made haste to drown his wits 
" in the aquavita? we brought him." The people 
also came in great numbers, " some to sell, all to 
'* beg." Presents, accompanied with expressions of 
kindness, were now received from several of the 
neighbouring chiefs. The accounts which they 
heard " filled them with golden hopes ;" but they 
soon found that they had committed a capital error 
in not bringing a larger provision of salt. This was 
always the first commodity asked for ; nor was any 
thing else held in nearly equal estimation. After 
staying some days at Oranto, Jobson set sail on the 
1st of January 1621. The country now became 
more mountainous and barren, and the wild ani- 
mals multiplied. They discovered, in particular, 
" a world of sea horses, whose paths, as they came 
** on shore to feed, were beaten with tracks as large 
" as London highway." On the 12th, they came 
to the falls of Barraconda, where ridges of rocks, 
barring the river, prevent the farther influx of the 
trade. By winding, however, through narrow pas- 
sages, they succeeded in making their way across 
w this barrier. At Barraconda, Jobson hired a Mar- 
bat and two negroes, so that the party were now 
" six white and four black." From this time the 
difficulties of the navigation daily multiplied. The 
