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The Attah — ‘‘Very well, I will see no one, unless the 
chief man (captain) comes. Good night ! God bless 
you all !” 
Turning to Johnson, the interpreter, who was an 
Eggarah, and a relative of the Attkh’s, he said, “ You 
may thank God your family is now on the throne.” 
The Attah was very much amused at Mr. Schon’s 
spectacles, and even smiled, which obliged the fan- 
bearers to hide the royal countenance for a short time; 
as it is contrary to etiquette to let strangers or common 
people witness an emotion so entirely beneath the 
dignity of an Iddah sovereign. When he eats or drinks, 
the persons in attendance all turn their backs to him, 
that he may not be seen doing what is inconsistent with 
their notions of royalty. 
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4th . — This has been an important day, and full of 
interest, the conference between the Att^h of Iddah and 
the Commissioners having taken place this afternoon. 
They landed at 2 P.M., accompanied by such officers as 
could be spared from the different vessels ; a guard of 
marines, led by Duncan, master-at-arms of the ‘Albert,’ 
a fine-looking man who had been in the 1st. Life 
Guards, dressed in the uniform of that regiment, with 
cuirass and helmet. The procession was headed by a 
Timmani black, from Sierra Leone, in sailor’s clothes, 
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