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he had the advantage of fresh and pure breezes, as we 
were at sea nearly the whole time. 
We made a very fair passage with the square 
fore-sail, assisting the steam, and our stock of wood 
lasted the greater part of the voyage But the wea- 
ther was so cloudy, that although not far from Fer- 
nando Po, we could not make out the laud before 
dark. 
\lth . — At daylight we were abreast of Bassapo. 
No vessel was lying there. 
On approaching Clarence Cove, our expectations were 
raised by seeing a barque lying at anchor ; but these 
proved as usual to be fallacious, it being an old slaver, 
the ‘ Golden Spring,’ now a merchant-vessel. 
‘ Soudan’ arrived soon after ‘Wilberforce,’ according 
to Captain Allen’s directions, and was sent back to 
Amboises. 
June 12th . — There being no inducement to remain 
at Clarence, we sailed at 8 a.m. In order that we 
might obtain the earliest notice of any arrivals, the 
head Kruman, “Jack Smoke,” was left with six of 
his “ boys,” with orders to bring immediate intelli- 
gence, and to occupy their unemployed time in cut- 
ting spars and fuel for the ship. We had beautiful 
weather on the passage across, and anchored in what 
appeared to be a very sheltered position, between the 
high island Mondoleh, and the south-eastern promon- 
tory of the Bay of Amboises. 
Commander Ellis said that the last few days that 
‘ Soudan’ was lying near Kieh the rollers set in very 
