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never liked liis friends to be far from him when they 
were in his neighbourhood,” and begged that we would 
return “ to near Iddah.” On being told that our only 
object in leaving the river so hastily was to restore the 
health of our people, many of whom were sick; they 
said, “ That is quite enough ; we must hasten ashore, 
and tell the Attah what you say, as he is very anxious 
to know why you, as his friends, have not called to see 
him.” Aduku said, his father, the Attah, was much 
pleased that we had taken the slave canoe, and libe- 
rated the slaves, and that “what we had done was 
qiiite proper.” Aduku hoped “ that God would soon 
make the captain and all the people well ;” and added, 
that his father would send a bullock and yams to the 
people at the Confluence. 
We soon after weighed; at half-past 3, P.M., were at 
Adamugu ; at seven, anchored off the village At- 
chaba, a short way below Kirri or Onye market. I 
was sorry to observe that our excellent and indefati- 
gable chaplain, Mr. Schon, was far from being well 
during the day. Dr. Stanger was a good deal ex- 
liausted in the evening, from being hard at work in 
the engine-room all day. Mr. Brown, the only engi- 
neer able at all to move, rendered Dr. Stanger what 
assistance he could. 
Tuesday, October I2th . — There was a heavy squall, 
with thunder and lightning in the morning, followed 
by a thick haze, which prevented our weighing until 
ten o’clock. When at the northern end of Bullock’s 
