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of the climate, to prevent our returning to call him to 
an account. 
Some proof of his sincerity, however, may be argued 
from his desire to keep the interpreter, who, of course, 
residing at Aboh, would have been cognizant of any 
breach of the Treaty. He and his almost naked retinue, 
remained on board some little time longer, looking at 
everything in the vessel with astonishment. They were 
with difficulty made to understand that the pictures in 
the cabins were not Ju-jus, or idols for worship, which 
they at first believed them to be. None of his suite 
went away much poorer for this visit. 
Soon after Obi’s return to shore, he caused the head- 
men to make a public declaration of the Treaty into which 
he was about to enter ; no doubt it was a very im- 
portant occasion. Fires were lighted in several parts of 
the town, and sacrifices of sheep and goats offered 
up to the Fetiches. The tom-toms and other musical 
instruments were in play all night. Captain Trotter, the 
senior officer, had very judiciously allowed the interpreter, 
Simon Jonas, who was a liberated slave from the Ibu 
country, to spend the night on shore, and from him we 
learned that the proclamation was attended with much 
apparent rejoicing. Probably the inhabitants generally 
felt greater joy at this than the headmen, to whom a 
larger portion of wealth is derived from the slave war- 
fares and subsequent traffic. It was also rumoured, 
but without any good foundation, that Obi publicly 
forbade the continuance of human sacrifices, and the 
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