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OBI ALARMED. 
Obi, with an intimation that he might remain or 
retire, he signified his wish to join us, and imitated our 
example in kneeling to the Christian’s God — to him 
an unknown and inappreciable Being. 
In that solemn moment, when the stillness was 
unbroken, save by the reverential voice of the clergy- 
man, and all were devoutly engaged, Obi became 
violently agitated. On the conclusion of the ceremony 
he started up, and uttering a sudden fearful excla- 
mation, called aloud for his Ju-ju man to bring his 
6 small pewter spoons. 
2 brass lamps. 
1 padlock. 
6 pocket knives. 
1 saw. 
2 j)ieces of Pondicherry. 
1 piece of Naganapots. 
2 pieces of brawls. 
1 piece of Madras handkerchiefs. 
1 piece of brown shirting, 
2 pieces of Bejutepant. 
1 piece of cotton Bandanas. 
1 piece of Niccarree. 
1 piece of Chillo. 
6 tin horns. 
1 Arabic Bible, 
1 oil press. 
And the Chief of Aboh hereby acknowledges he has received those 
articles. 
And so we. Captain Henry Dundas Trotter, Commander William 
Allen, Commander Bird Allen, William Cook, Esq., and Obi Osai, 
Chief of Aboh, have made this Agreement, and have signed it on 
board Her Majesty’s steam-vessel ‘Albert,’ off Aboh, this twenty-eighth 
