ASSAMAREH. 
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We passed a swampy island of considerable length, 
without any signs of cultivation ; it was apparently 
covered with long grass and reeds. The body of a 
female was seen floating, which had evidently been some 
time in the water. The back looked as if it had been 
exposed to fire ; the viscera protruded ; and as it rolled 
over with the current, presented a sad spectacle, which 
we could not help connecting, in imagination, with some 
dreadful sacrifice to the Fetiche. 
At a large village, called “ Asshmareh,” on the left 
bank, containing about three hundred inhabitants, we 
stopped for a short time, to land Ali Here, who had 
accompanied us thus fiir as pilot, by order of King 
Obi. He carried with him our last letters, to be sent 
down the river by the Brass trading-canoes. They, 
however, never reached beyond Abbh, where we found 
them on our return. Camwood is said to be very 
abundant aU about this neighbourhood, and much of 
that sold at Aboh comes from the forests of Asshmareh. 
The boat-song of the chief of this village sounded 
very sweetly across the water. 
In this vicinity we passed a divergent branch on the 
left bank, which does not again return to the river ; and, 
therefore, belongs to the Delta, which we considered to 
