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240 Bangoe Njappa. Being no strategist, I yielded to their better judgment on such matters.

The name Karang Bolong is derived from a Roche Percée, which stands prominently in the sea a short distance from the fort, whose walls are very thick, and within which there is plenty of accommodation for men, provisions, and ammunition, to stand out a lengthened siege, an event which I hope heaven may long forbid.

Returning from the fort, and sailing a short distance beyond the town, we came to the Grotto of Lusumo Buntoo, which we reached by ascending a path cut through the wood. The entrance is small, and thickly surrounded by trees. On passing in, we found ourselves in the most spacious-looking grotto I ever remember to have seen. The floor in part is formed of stalagmite, and from the vaulted summit or roof of the cave and the sides hung most beautiful stalactites, like rich drapery, pure white, and glittering in many parts like