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A NOISY CREW, 
here we find among the Fantis the very personification 
of idleness. To remove this, and to stimulate them 
to useful exertion, was one of Mr. President M‘Lean’s 
great objects. 
Sunday 25. — The remaining cases of fever are pro- 
gressing favourably. - After divine service to-day, 
performed by our estimable chaplain, Mr. Muller, aU on 
board were much amused by the appearance of a large 
canoe coming from the shore, having two Europeans in 
the bow and about forty “ puU-a-boys,” or black paddlers ; 
their noisy vociferation — as with rapid and simultaneous 
strokes they forced the long canoe through the water — 
was anything but pleasing to the ear. Instead of 
coming alongside at once, they pulled several times 
round the vessel at the top of their speed, singing out 
in loud chorus, “ Pull away — puU away — Gubbernor 
come, Gubbernor come, Gubbernor come then with 
three cheers they darted her up alongside, when it was 
discovered to be Governor M‘Lean, who, notwithstanding 
his control over the people, could not induce the “ pull- 
a-boys” to forego a ceremony which they conceived would 
add to his dignity. 
26^/t. — The landing to-day was anything but pleasant, 
the surf all along the shore being great, and the sharks 
are said to be both numerous and voracious ; but the 
natives are expert, and know the favourable moment 
when to push for the landing-place, which is round a 
little rock not far from the outer bastion of the fort. 
Although we possess nothing beyond the walls, the 
