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but before they could begin their march, Major Peddie was 

 attacked with fever and died. Captain Campbell, on whom 

 the command devolved, proceeded in the line proposed, till 

 he arrived at a small river called the Panietta, on the fron- 

 tier of the Foulah territory. By this time many of the 

 beasts of burden had sunk, and great difficulty was found 

 in obtaining a sufficient supply of provisions. The king 

 of the Foulahs, on being asked for permission to pass 

 through his territories, seemed alarmed at hearing of so 

 large a body of foreigners about to enter his country. He 

 contrived, under various pretexts, to detain them on the 

 frontier four months, during which their stock of food and 

 clothing gradually diminished, while they were suifering 

 all the evils that arise from a sickly cUmate and a scanty 

 supply of necessaries. At length their situation became 

 such as to place them under the absolute necessity of re- 

 turning ; and all their animals being dead, it was neces- 

 sary to hire the natives to carry their baggage, — an expe- 

 dient which gave occasion to frequent pillage. They 

 reached Kakundy with the loss only of Mr. Kummer the natu- 

 ralist ; but Captain Campbell, overcome with sickness and 

 exertion, died two days after, on the 13th of June, 1817 

 The command was then transferred to Lieutenant Stokoe, 

 a spirited young naval officer, who had joined the expedi- 

 tion as a volunteer. He formed a new scheme for proceed- 

 ing into the interior ; but unhappily he also sunk under the 

 climate and the fatigues of the journey. 



A sentence of death seemed pronounced against all who 

 should attempt to penetrate the African continent ; and yet 

 there were still daring spirits who did not shrink from the 

 undertaking. Captain Gray, of the Royal African Corps, 

 who had accompanied the last-mentioned expedition under 

 Major Peddle and Captain Campbell, undertook, in 1818, to 

 perform a journey by Park's old route along the Gambia. 

 He reached, without any obstacle, Boolibani, the capital of 

 Bondou, where he remained from the 20th June, 1818, to 

 the 22d May, 1819 ; but owing to the jealousy of the mo- 

 narch, he was permitted to proceed no farther. With some 

 difficulty he reached Gallam, where he met Staff-surgeon 

 Dockard, who had gone forward to Sego to ask permission 

 to proceed through Bambarra, — a request which had also 

 been evaded. The whole party then returned to Senegal ^ 



