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As we had come to a climate, which Almighty 
wisdom had adapted to constitutions so different to our 
own, we were, of course, aware that we courted danger, 
and could not expect to pass harmless, where it had 
proved so fatal to others. The symptoms of the effect 
of this deadly climate, which had warned us on Satur- 
day, were this day confirmed by the addition of three 
cases of fever in the 'Albert/ In the ' Wilberforce," 
several men were complaining, and unfit for duty. In 
the little ‘ Soudan,’ Mr. Ellis, the first lieutenant, 
and Mr. Marshall, surgeon, were added to the list. 
Lobo, the chief judge, whose gentlemanly appearance 
we had so much noticed " at court,” came to breakfast 
on board the 'Albert,’ by invitation. His dress, though 
not so gay as on Saturday, was still handsome, and per- 
haps much more costly, especially his inner garment, a 
white cotton tobe, which was covered all over with 
passages from the Koran, neatly written and tastefully 
arranged by Mahomedan priests, or ' Mallams,’ for which 
they are well paid. Another tobe was of crimson silk, 
quilted. Okien, also, the son and successor of our late 
worthy friend, Abokko, came on board to say ‘ Gai* 
sheka !’ ' Good morning.’ He seemed very well dis- 
posed to profit by the friendly recollections professed for 
his good old father, whose death was sincerely regretted. 
Okien was on his way to Kiri market. Both Lobo and 
he, said that this market belongs to the Att^h, and that 
his word there is law. The canoe had thirty-two 
