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DEED OF CESSION. 
on the north, a rivulet flowing between the mountains, 
named in Allen’s chart, Victoria and Patt^h : on the south, 
by the first stream, which may empty itself into the 
Niger, to the southward of the island named B^rraga, 
and including within the said limits the mountains 
called Etse (Soracte) , and Erro (Saddleback) ; on the 
east, by the river Niger ; and on the west, by straight 
lines joining the western bases of the mountains, laid 
down in the same chart as Outram and Deacon (the 
native names being unknown), and Etse (Soracte), to the 
neai^est points of the aforesaid rivulets. 
For the purchase of this territory, we agreed to give 
seven himdi'ed thousand cowries (nearly £45) or goods 
to that amount ; one-fifth part of which was to be paid 
when the Deed of Cession was signed, as security for the 
purchase and delivery of the said land ; the remainder to 
be paid as soon as the British people shall have had 
possession of the land for twelve months, provided they 
should at that time wish to retain it, either at one pay- 
ment, or in five instalments, as might be most con- 
venient to the Queen of Great Britain. 
The agents having signed the Deed, in presence of 
the sons, and some of the headmen of the chief of 
the mountain villages of Lucojah, fourteen bags, con- 
taining one hundred and sixty thousand cowries {Oypra^a 
Moneta), the currency of the country, were delivered 
for the Att^h of Eggarah, as the first instalment of the 
purchase money. These small white shells — the only 
medium of circulation in central Africa — are found 
in great abundance in the Maidive Islands. We 
