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lation, he yielded to the law of the strongest, and 
paid the sum demanded. However, having return- 
ed some time after with a well armed ship, and in- 
duced several of the principal people to come on 
board, he threw them into irons, and kept them 
until full restitution had been made. They can- 
didly acknowledged, on this occasion, that " they 
" were justly served and continued their inter- 
course with him in the same cordial footing as be- 
fore. 
From Nackway, Moore proceeded up the river to 
Fatatenda, the highest point at which the Company 
have ever established any factory. The Gambia was 
here about the breadth of the Thames at London 
Bridge, and being in October, the end of the rainy 
season, it ran with a deep and rapid stream. The fac- 
tory was situated on a high rock close to the river, 
and commanded a pleasant prospect over great part 
of the kingdom of Cantore. The plain round it, how- 
ever, echoed continually with the roaring of wild 
beasts. Hamilton, the factor, was here entirely by 
himself, and had not seen a white man for two 
months. He was frequently favoured with the vi- 
sits of the king of Tomany, who seems to have been 
a complete counterpart of his Barsallic majesty. 
Every thing in the shape of brandy was invariably 
seized, and the factor, when he obtained any for 
his own use, had no resource but to bury it in the 
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