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CHAP, nie with a pinch of his fnufF. I mufl not omit that, a 

 little before our departure, feven more of our negro 

 flaves did defert us, who went home to their mailers per- 

 fe^lly broken -hearted, emaciated, and nearly ftarved ; 

 however, w^e proceeded, and marched dire6lly N. E. dur- 

 ing which nothing happened, except my bax with all my 

 bottles being dafhed to pieces ; and in the evening we 

 encamped, though then unknown to us, near the Caffi- 

 pore Greek, where the dry feafon having commenced, we 

 dug a pit for water. Orders were alfo iflued to the troops 

 no more to buiid huts, Iheds, Sec. as the rains were now 

 lefs violent. 



On the i6th we continued our route, marching N. E. 

 as before, and towards the evening arrived at the houfes 

 which Colonel Fourgeoud had lately difcovered, which 

 proved Unce to be only a temporary fettlement, ereded by 

 the rebels as a fhelter or afylum in their expected retreat, 

 before they were diflodged from Gado-Saby ; and to this 

 little fettlement they had given the name of Boojy Cry, 

 that is, " the woods lament." Here we encamped, and 

 took much notice of Bonny's houfe in particular, which 

 was built like a watering machine, being elevated from 

 the ground, with two doors, fo that he might the better 

 obferve all around him, and prevent his being taken by 

 furprize ; it alfo had more air, and, of courfe, was better 

 calculated for his health, he having in fome late adiion 

 received a very dangerous wound in the groin, as we af- 

 terwards learned from a rebel negro prifoner. Near to 

 7 Bonny's 



