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porting the stores from the hill to the vessels; and 
two of the settlers were found to have furnished them- 
selves with whips, apparently for the purpose of 
relations altogether ; King recognized one by name as being appren- 
ticed to a friend of bis at Sierra Leone. He said the price of slaves 
varied from 6,000 to 40,000 cowries ; in time of great distress, they 
were as low as 300, and children were even sold for 10 yams each. 
“Some natives near Adda Kudda, attacked a canoe, belonging to 
Pandaiki, on the way to the market ; they were beaten off, mainly by 
the courage of a woman, and some of the aggressoi-s captured. The 
exploit was celebrated at her village, by rejoicings during the night, 
and she came in procession to the farm singing her song of triumph, 
“Another act of piracy took place in the neighourhood : a man had 
made himself responsible for a debt contracted by bis wife’s mother, 
but, before he could pay it, he was put to death by the Attah, to- 
gether with all his sons, except one. The survivor, to avoid the 
persecution of the creditor, had recently settled on a sandbank, where 
he had built a temporary but. During his absence one day, a canoe 
came from bis native village and earned off his wife, child, and 
servant, in face of the whole population of Pandaiki; who made no 
other attempt at a rescue than by vociferations and threatening 
gesticulations. The poor man pursued them, but without success, 
and he said unless he could redeem them they would he sold. The 
debt was 40,000 cowries, about fifty shillings. 
“ King and Moore decided very wisely, that it would be better not 
to have anything to do with slave-cases, as they had neither the 
power nor the authority to enforce the treaty, and by interference 
they might draw on the settlement the ill-will of the natives. 
Among the people working at the farm, were five young men, who 
wished to earn sufficient money to defray the expense of the funeral 
of their father, who had been dead months* In the mean while 
the body was preserved by fumigations and frequent washings, and 
was ornamented with dyewoods. 
“ King appears to have exerted himself very laudably in endea- 
vouring to get a full attendance at Divine Service, and at the school, 
