, she reminded me of
the Whyna of former times. I did not, however, think it advisable that
she should come on board of the schooner, and I requested Captain Irving
to take charge of her, and let her want for nothing, telling him that I
intended that she should go home in his vessel. He willingly consented,
and I hailed the schooner for a boat and went on deck. Whyna followed,
but I told her I was obliged to go on board of the schooner, and that
she had better go and lie down. As she probably thought that the Amy
was my vessel, and that I was going away on a visit, she complied with
my request, and went down with Captain Irving, who led her into a
state-room which was not occupied.

As soon as I arrived on board the schooner, I sent the telescope which
the captain of the slaver had begged for. Whyna had said to me, "I
shall be your slave now," evidently expecting that she was to remain
with me, but that I could not consent to. Miss Trevannion had heard
from me my adventures when in captivity, and I would not on that account
allow Whyna to be in the same vessel with me. The next day Captain
Irving came on board to tell me that he had two more men down with the
fever, and that he wished I could give them some assistance in getting
his cargo on board, which I did, and before night the Amy was loaded up
to the hatchways, and there still remained a considerable number of
elephants' teeth on shore in the hut where he received them. I
therefore determined, as his crew were evidently sickening fast, that he
should sail immediately, and that I would take the remainder of the
ivory on board of the schooner and follow him, giving him a rendezvous
to wait at until I joined him, that we might proceed home in company.
That night three of my men were ill.

I was on board of the Amy, and had been talking with Whyna, who wanted
to know why I did not sleep on board of the vessel. I told her that I
could not, but that we were to go to England directly, and that I was
living on board of the schooner. Captain Irving weighed at daybreak,
and in an hour was out of the river, and as I was as anxious to be clear
of such an unhealthy spot, I manned my boats and went on shore for the
ivory that was left. I found that it would take the whole of the day to
embark it, as we had to go two miles further up the river than the depth
of water would permit the vessel to do; for the ivory was in a hut close
to the king's house. I had sent off