Ill 
supplied my place. Soon after, I went 
on board with the captain, carrying with 
me the skull of the person we had dug 
up, and the cutlass, intending to convey 
them to America. 
After dinner, the captain made a trip 
in the gig, to Alloo, taking me for his 
interpreter, where we arrived in half an 
hour, and soon travelled up to the vil¬ 
lage. The natives received us with 
marks of gladness, and in a short time 
the house at which we stopped was sur¬ 
rounded by them, who came undoubt¬ 
edly for the purpose of gratifying their 
curiosity, by gazing at us. We remain¬ 
ed at the village about two hours, dur¬ 
ing which time we had considerable 
talk with two of the chief women, and 
made some small presents to the peo¬ 
ple, such as beads, &c. They did not 
treat us as they usually do visitors, with 
fruit, &c. there being at that time what we 
call a famine, which in their language, 
is Ingathah. 
After having taken leave of the na¬ 
tives, and walked about half the dis- 
