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little presents, expressive of their kinrlly feelings. 
There were from twelve to fifteen hundred persons. 
The chief of this place, who was also the Annajah, or 
Governor of the district about to he ceded, was taken 
on board ; h(i looked highly pleased, but rather nervous, 
especially when on the point of starting, several of his 
people, who seemed to treat him with great respect, 
came down to the bank and begged him not to em- 
bark. 
While the negociations were going forward, Com- 
mander W. Allen found out that the Annajah — 
named Ameh Abokko — was brother to his old friend, 
Abokko, whom he much resembles. Though not so 
tall as his truly noble brother, he is a fine, dignified 
old man; he said he remembered Commander W. Allen, 
and expressed much satisfaction at seeing him again, 
always taking him by the hand when he came near, and 
calling him Avoiki’n Abokko, that is, “ the friend of 
Abokko.” He entered very readily into our views, and 
said, of his own accord, “ It is true what you say, that 
the Slave Trade is contrary to the will of God.” 
Having ascertained that the land in the neighbourhood 
of Adda Kuddu was not suitable for the culture of cotton, 
we weighed and went up to examine the vicinity of 
Stirling Hill, where the ‘ Alburkah’ had been so long 
at anchor in the year 1 832-3. From all our inquiries, 
we learned that one of the parties concerned in the 
territory about to be purchased, was Mandaiki, or the chief 
of the mountain which rises at the back, and is called by 
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