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a number of years ; that hitherto he had never had 
recourse to flight; but as his enemies (the persecuting 
Filatahs) were becoming more numerous every moon, 
he began to be apprehensive of the consequences. 
Agajah’s manner was straightford and manly, and 
quite cordial, until Lieutenant Webb declined present- 
ing him with the pair of pistols he had brought with 
him. The refusal evidently displeased him ; however; 
on the following day, two single-barrelled guns were 
sent to him by the son, who visited the ship, and ex- 
hibited in his person the fine characteristics of his 
father. 
A few days before the arrival of the ‘ Wilberforce’ 
at the Confluence, Gogoe, a village between Priapri 
and the model farm, had been abandoned by its inha- 
bitants, under apprehension of a hostile visit from the 
Fulahs. The fugitives took refuge on the dry sand 
banks in the bed of the river, where they had built 
huts, as a temporary security against the attacks of 
their enemies, who never venture on the water, and 
rarely dismount, unless to bind the unfortunate victims, 
who invariably give themselves up in passive hopeless- 
ness, without a shadow of resistance. These statements, 
show that the settlement, could not altogether secure 
its immediate neighbourhood from aggression ; nor can 
it be wondered at, when it is known how few in 
numbers they were, and without a European to direct 
them. 
On the 22nd July the repairs were so far completed 
