CHAPTER IX. 
Bay of Amboises— Mongo ma-Lobah ; probably the “ Chariot of the 
Gods” of Hanno — An amusing chase — Abobbi, or Pirate Isle — 
Difficulty of the ascent— The inhabitants of the Amboises— Their 
language— Dameh — Mondoleh — Geological formation — The Chief 
of the Woody Hill — The purple-crested plantain-eater — King Will 
— Uoyal displeasure— Bad bobs or palavers— Bimbia Island— Phy- 
sical characteristics of the Bimbians— Superstition— Ideas of white 
doctors — Bimbian musical instruments and music — Keturn to 
Clarence Cove — Enquiries made as to the fate of Mr. Carr — Young 
Glorio— Edeeyah dance — Visit George’s Bay— Natives— Topi or 
palm- wine — Edeeyah females— Mode of communicating by music — 
Glasgow and the drum. 
The mountainous district in wliich the Bay of Am- 
boises is situated, was formerly called by the Portuguese, 
Tierra Alta de Ambozes, according to Mr. John Gra- 
zilbier, who made a Toyage to Old Kalabar in 1699. 
The native name for the highest part of the mountain 
is Mongo-ma-Lobah, but at the back or further inland, 
it is called Mokali-ma-Pako. The isolated peak near 
the bay, about five thousand feet high, is Mongo- 
m’Etindeh. The summit of the principal mountain, 
rising thirteen thousand feet above the level of the sea, 
was often lighted up most brilliantly by the morning 
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