MU YE. 
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ing, and intelligent — married to a man wlio is at 
present on a slave-purchasing expedition to Fundah, 
Toto, and some other places on the Tchadda. 
Gori pays an annual tribute of 360,000 couTies to 
the Filatah king; and to the Att&,h of Iddah a mere 
nominal tribute, being only a horse yearly. The same 
is paid by several other headmen of the villages in 
the neighbourhood. If the Attah requires soldiers, he 
may levy upon the Gori people. 
Mr. Fairholme and Mr. Webb, mates, were added to 
the sick list in the course of the day ; and Commander 
B. Allen’s symptoms were unequivocal. 
September 23rd . — We were aumke before daylight 
by the din and chattering of the natives, who came 
alongside, with canoe-loads of wood. It would 
appear that here, each tries to vie with his fellow 
in the perpetual motion of the tongue. Persuasion, 
remonstrance, or threats produce no cessation of the 
noise. Palaver is the order of the day in all their 
transactions. 
In the forenoon a large canoe came alongside 
belonging to Agiddi, the Chief of Muy^, and Ajimba 
his son was in charge of it. It contained three slaves — 
two females, and one male; besides three horses and 
a load of other articles, all purchased at the market 
of Egga. As Muy^ is in the territory of the Atthh 
of Iddah, the slaves, canoe, horses, &c., were con- 
demnable, by virtue of the treaty made with the Attkh 
and Her Majesty’s Commissioners, which prohibited 
