INTERIOR OF AFRICA. 49 
from Koorkarany. We were joined by a young man who was 
travelling to Fatteconda for salt ; and as night set in we 
reached Dooggi, a small village about three miles from Koor- 
karany. 
Provisions were here so cheap that I purchased a bullock for 
six small stones of amber; for I found my company increase or 
diminish according to the good fare they met with. 
Dec. i8th. Early in the morning we departed from Dooggi, 
and being joined by a number of Foulahs and other people, 
made a formidable appearance ; and were under no apprehen- 
sion of being plundered in the woods. About eleven o'clock one 
of the asses proving very refractory, the Negroes took a curious 
method to make him tractable. They cut a forked stick, and 
putting the forked part into the ass's mouth, like the bit of a 
bridle, tied the two smaller parts together above his head, leav- 
ing the lower part of the stick of sufficient length to strike 
against the ground, if the ass should attempt to put his head 
down. After this, the ass walked along quietly, and gravely 
enough, taking care, after some practice, to hold his head suf- 
ficiently high to prevent the stones or roots of trees from strik- 
ing against the end of the stick, which experience had taught 
him would give a severe shock to his teeth. This contrivance 
produced a ludicrous appearance, but my fellow-travellers told 
me it was constantly adopted by the Slatees, and always proved 
effectual. 
In the evening we arrived at a few scattered villages, sur- 
rounded with extensive cultivation ; at one of which, called 
Buggil, we passed the night in a miserable hut, having no other 
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