Travels Of Richard And John Lander Into The Interior Of Africa For The Discovery Of The Course And Termination Of The Niger By Robert Huish
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The River Calebar Is Very Serpentine, And There Is Scarcely Any Other
Tree But The Mangrove To Be Seen On Its Banks.
The right bank is
intersected by numerous creeks, well known to the natives, who
frequent them in their canoes; they communicate with all the rivers
that fall into the Gulf of Guinea, between this river and that on
which Benin is situated.
The natives go as far as Benin in their
canoes, but there is no communication by water with the Camaroons
river, which seems to be totally distinct from the Calebar. The
canoes of the natives are the same sort as those of the Eboe people.
The river is full of crocodiles which are generally about twelve or
fourteen feet long, and are very daring in their search of prey. A
short time previous to their arrival two deaths had been occasioned
by them. Sir John Tobin has a large store close to the river side, in
which palm oil is kept for shipment on board the Liverpool vessels,
and one evening an unfortunate native boy, tired with his day's work,
fell asleep on the shore. In the course of the night an alligator
attacked him, and was awakened by finding himself in the jaws of the
monster; his struggles and cries were all in vain; the powerful
creature lacerated him in a dreadful manner, and tore off one of his
legs, with which he retreated into the water, and the remains of the
unfortunate boy were found the next morning shockingly disfigured and
weltering in blood, the death of the other was occasioned by his
losing an arm in a similar manner.
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