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O’guborih branch. As one went in a north-west and the 
other a north-east direction, we hardly knew which to 
choose ; on hailing a canoe which still followed us, they 
said the north-east channel was the shorter, which we 
therefore took, not wishing to continue the separation 
from our companions. 
But we first examined the north-west branch a little 
distance, and found it equally fine as that to the north- 
east. The depth was from twenty-eight to forty-two feet 
nearly all the way across ; at “ the meeting of the 
waters,” the eddies had worked a hole of sixty feet. 
The point of separation was extremely beautiful, with 
large trees, covered by Innumerable parasitical plants. 
A boat was sent for some flowers overhanging the 
bank. One was probably a new Dalbergia, the other 
a creeper, which had been eagerly watched ever since 
leaving Sunday Island; it winds up the trees to 
the very top, and then drops, thread-like, flowering stalks, 
six feet long, covered at the ends with yellow flowers, 
frequently hanging down to the ground. It appears to 
be a new genus, closely allied to the Mucuna : Dr. 
Vogel called this plant, preliminarily, Mucuna Allenii. 
Both plants were unfortunately without fruit. 
In the afternoon we arrived opposite a very pretty and 
apparently clean village, called Ibadi — anglice, “ Small 
Box.” 
Several canoes came off during our short stay, and 
brought abundance of bananas and plantains, which 
were disposed of for needles and bottles. The headman 
