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of Boussa would give me the books that were found in the boat 
belonging to the white men lost there. He said, if there were any, 
he would certainly give them to me, as they were of no use to him, 
he could not read ; and he then related to me the same story nearly 
that his head man had told me of that affair, and asked me if the 
unfortunate people were not my countrymen, and had great riches : 
I said they were, but that they were not rich, but honest men like 
myself ; that one, the head man, was a doctor. 
Tuesday, 28th. — This morning I visited the governor’s brother 
who has got the sore leg, as he had sent a fee, and could not come 
and see me. His left ankle was dreadfully ulcerated and swelled, and 
had been in the same state since the last rainy season. The leg was 
thin and wasted ; and he complained of suffering much pain. He 
could move his toes very well ; and inquiring if it was the effect of 
a hurt, he said no, that it had come on at the beginning of the last 
rains. I directed him to wash it clean night and morning with 
warm milk and water, to apply poultices night and day until the 
swelling was reduced, and on no account to drink spirits or palm 
wine : an advice which he did not at all admire, as he said when 
he drank it eased his pain and gave him sleep. I desired moreover 
that when the swelling in his leg was reduced by the poultices, he 
should put clean fat on a soft rag and lay over it, and on no 
account to drink any thing stronger than water. After my return 
home he sent me a present of a sheep, four fowls, eggs, milk, and 
honey. I now began to prepare for starting to Boussa in the morn- 
ing at daybreak, but the taja is working against me, and I doubt 
being able to get off, as I have just learned that he does not leave 
this until Saturday next, and wishes to detain me also. The sky 
being clear, before the moon rose I was able to get the meridian 
altitude of the star Dubbe in the Great Bear, which gave the lati- 
tude of my house in Wawa, 9* 53' 54" north. Its longitude I cal- 
culate to be 5° 56' east. 
