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KRU BOAT DANCE. 
ascend the valley, the upper end can boast of the 
principal church or cathedraL 
The little stream which flows through the valley, 
divides into two branches before reaching the estuary, 
forming a miniature delta — the term is more familiar 
than agreeable to us — on which the principal part of 
the town is built. 
Mr. Lilly has a neat little place, with about forty 
acres of land, on the south side of the estuary, which 
he purchased from Madame Ferreira. He politely 
invited some of the officers of the ‘ Wilberforce^ to dine 
■with him there. 
In a house near our friend^s we saw two young ladies, 
quite black, who much interested us by their really 
fascinating manners. Their dress was a mixture of 
the European and African fashions; and though a 
small amount of either, there was enougli for grace and 
modesty. 
We obtained some observations of magnetic dip and 
intensity, unfortunately on a volcanic locality, but we 
could not ascertain whether any basalt was near to 
affect the results. 
On the way off' to the vessel, our merry-hearted Kru 
paddlers amused us with one of their boat dances. 
At a given signal from the leading man, they 
jumped up simultaneously on the thwarts of the gig, 
pirouetted on one leg, sat down again with much 
agility, paddled three strokes, then mounted again, and 
performed the same evolutions several times, which 
