18 
JOURNEY FROM BADAGRY TO KATUNGA. 
beautiful, rising ground, gentle hills and dales, a small stream of water 
running through each valley : the land partly in a state of cultiva- 
tion, and sufficiently cleared of that thick forest which gives such a 
monotony to this part of Africa. At 9 A. M. halted at a town called 
Ekwa, where we received a present of yams, plantains, and a goat. 
Monday, 26th. — Raw, cloudy morning. All the towns from 
Jan nah to Ekwa are situated in the bosom of an inaccessible 
wood ; the approach is through an avenue defended by three 
stockades with narrow wicket gates and only one entrance ; but 
Liabo only had a mud wall and ditch in addition to the stockades. 
Tuesday, 27th. — Morning clear for the first time since we left 
Jannah — a strong wind blowing — our sick and myself the same — 
had them well wrapped up in their hammocks. I suffered much 
from cold, being lightly dressed. After leaving Ekwa we crossed 
a deep ravine, and descended a hill on the ridge of which we travelled 
until we arrived at Engwa, at 9 A. M. 
At 1 1 A. M. Pearce had become much worse and quite in- 
sensible ; and at nine in the evening he breathed his last. From 
the moment of Captain Pearce’s being taken ill, his wonted spirits 
supported him through the progress of a disease that was evidently 
wasting his strength from day to day ; but after Dr. Morrison left 
us, he became less sanguine of recovery, and wished Richard to 
remain in his room to keep him company, as my duties in attending 
to the business of the mission prevented me from being as much 
with him as I could have wished. On the morning of our leaving 
Tshow I gave him some bark, but afterwards the heat of his skin 
was so great, that I thought it prudent not to give him any more, 
and he was too weak to venture on any strong medicine. The death 
of Captain Pearce has caused me much concern, for independently 
of his amiable qualities as a friend and companion, he was emi- 
nently qualified by his talents, his perseverance, and his fortitude 
to be of singular service to the mission, and on these accounts I 
