CONTENTS. 
XVll 
Attah’s pretty daughter, Idjee-Futhul— Amada Bue prepares a break- 
fast in native fashion for the strangers — The Attah’s unwillingness 
to appear — His dress — Ministers of State — The message delivered 
Singular reply of the Attah — Rain must never fall on the Attah— 
Conference of the Commissioners with the Attah — Natives testify 
their joy at seeing white men — Amada Bue’s idea of human sacri- 
fices — Appearance of the Attkh and his courtiers — Lobo, the chief 
judge — Articles of a treaty agreed on for the suppression of the 
Slave Trade and human sacrifices — The Attah’s desire for the 
establishment of a model farm— Promises to protect white settlers, 
and wishes to have “ white teachers” — His evident anxiety to 
obtain the presents .... 278 — 305 
CHAPTER XIII. 
The * Wilberforce’ and ‘ Soudan’ dispatched across the river to procure 
fuel — Hostile character of the natives — Their wars with the Eggar- 
ras — Savage appearance — Arms — Beauty of the country — Ants’ 
nests — Their formation — Snakes — The kola or goora-nut — Town 
of Wappa — The Chief ‘‘Egada Yaluelama” — King Ob^h of Benin — 
Human sacrifices — Specimens of birds — Snakes— Venomous cen- 
tipedes — African scorpion — Final interview of the Commissioners 
with the Attkla . — The treaty signed and attested — Arabic Bible 
presented — List of presents — Scene in the Att^h’s palace — City of 
Iddah — Divided into districts — Militia — Houses — Market place — 
Articles for sale — Cotton manufactures — Native smiths — Arms, &c. 
— Dying — Method of fishing — ^The Mallams — Physical character of 
the natives — Form of government and laws — Cavalry — Sale of 
charms — Religion of the people — Their notions of God — Human 
sacrifices— Prospects of Missionary labours — Polygamy — Melan- 
choly death — The ‘ Wilberforce’ gets aground — Fever com- 
mences . . . . . 306 — 335 
CHAPTER XIV. 
Mount Franklin — Villages — Nearly all the officers of the ‘ Soudan’ 
aid up with sickness — Adda Kudda in ruins — English doctors 
appreciated by the natives— Kakanda people— Am^h Abokko, the 
Annajah, or Governor, visits the ships — Deaths of some of the 
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