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PRINCE EJEH. 
to Ibu, or Aboh. Tested the water and air carefully 
during the day and at night, but could not discover any 
appreciable gases so much anticipated at this locality. 
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August 26. — 
-As soon 
as day 
dawned, Ukasa was 
to King Obi to announce our arrival, with an invitation 
to come and see us. But before he could reach the town, 
a large canoe was seen steering down the creek, in 
which was a deputation from the King to ascertain if our 
purposes were peaceable, and whether any of his friends 
of the former Expedition were on hoard. On coming 
alongside there was a mutual recognition between the 
Prince Ejeh and Commander William Allen, who re- 
membered the former when he visited the ‘ Alburkah.’ 
He was then a very nice interesting boy, particularly 
attentive to Allen, and carried his obsequiousness 
so far as even to insist on washing his feet. He 
had now become a remarkably fine young man, 
nearly six feet in height, well made, and with a 
pleasing expression of countenance. His voice was 
unusally strong and sonorous. Altogether his appear- 
ance was very commanding, innately so, for he owed but 
little to the “ foreign aid of ornament,” being dressed 
merely in a yellow-striped cotton shirt of European 
make, and for a waist-cloth, a blue handkerchief. As to 
his princely retinue, little could be expected from them, 
