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king’s sons ever come to the throne. After the king's death, his 
successor is chosen from among the wisest persons of the country ; 
an elderly man is generally preferred. 
Remained at Katunga till the 21st of October, when the king 
gave me 4,000 cowries, and some trona to sell on the road. He 
ordered his head messengers to accompany me, with a desire they 
should command the chiefs of every town through which we were 
to pass, to contribute, according to their means, to our support. 
On the 22d of October I left Katunga, and after a rapid and 
hasty journey, during which nothing of consequence occurred, ar- 
rived at Engwa on the 9th of November following. I found the 
railing which had been placed round the grave of poor captain 
Pearce washed away by the rains, and the piece of wood on which 
I had myself cut out his name, age, & c. and the day on which he 
died, either taken off by the natives, or also washed away by the 
rains. The only means by which I recognized the spot was the 
appearance of the earth, on which there was no vegetation, and its 
having sunk five or six inches. I went to the chief, and giving 
him half a yard of blue damask, and a pair of scissors, entreated 
him to build a house over the spot, and have it thatched, pro- 
mising to send him a present from England in a short time, if he 
did it. He promised faithfully to erect a house as soon as the 
rains were over. 
Nov. 12th. — Arrived at Jennah this afternoon, and found the 
grave of Hr. Morrison to be in a perfect condition. The king had 
had it kept in excellent order, and was to have been rewarded by 
Mr. Houston, who himself died shortly afterwards at Accra. In this 
city the horses the kings of Wowwow and Khiama had given me, 
unfortunately died. 
Remained two days at Jennah, when we proceeded, and on the 
21st entered Badagry ; all the natives oil the road from Kano 
