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A ROYAL VISITOR. 
persevere in carrying out his instructions. Of the 
conduct of those who were \vith him, it is impossible 
to speak too favourably; deeply is it to be regretted 
that some of them so soon fell sacrifices to the 
astonishing exertions required on that occasion, and 
did not survive to enjoy the rewards they might reason- 
ably have expected. 
While the vessel was aground on the reef, the old prin- 
cess, Amada Bue, came on board ; she was accompanied 
by the chief Mallam, Massabah, who had been requested 
by Lieutenant Webb to go with him to the Confluence 
to make a final arrangement about the land ceded. 
Amada Bue brought with her two goats as a present 
from the Attah of Iddah, and an assurance that he 
would supply any provisions required. The old prin- 
cess was so pleased with her reception, and — like most 
of her people, — with what she saw going on, that she 
prolonged her visit to nearly twenty hours, when she 
quitted the vessel and returned to Iddah, landing the 
chief Mallam, on a neighbouring rock, whence he was 
again brought to the ‘ Wilberforce’ by an Eggarah 
canoe, which was returning from a market higher up 
the river. In this canoe, two female slaves from 
Kakanda were discovered, and Lieutenant Webb, in 
pretty strong terms, reminded Massabah, that his 
master, the chief of Eggarah, was violating the treaty 
made the previous year, by thus allowing his people to 
deal in slaves; “the keeper of the king’s conscience,” 
instantly pushed off, and did not again make his 
appearance. 
