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■TRAVELS IN THE 
CHAPTER VI. 
Arrival at Teesee. — Interview with Tiggity Sego, the King's Bro- 
ther — the Author s Detention at Teesee — some Account of that 
Place and its Inhabitants — Incidents which occurred there. — 
Rapacious Conduct of Tiggity Sego toward the Author on his 
Departure. — Sets out for Kooniakary, the Capital of the King- 
dom. — Incidents on the Road; and Arrival at Kooniakary . 
We no sooner found ourselves safe in Kasson, than Demba 
Sego told me that we were now in his uncle's dominions, and he 
hoped I would consider, being now out of danger, the obligation 
I owed to him, and make him a suitable return for the trouble he 
had taken on my account by a handsome present. This, as he 
knew how much had been pilfered from me at Joag, was rather 
an unexpected proposition ; and I began to fear that I had not 
much improved my condition by crossing the water, but as it 
would have been folly to complain, I made no observation upon 
his conduct, and gave him seven bars of amber, and some to- 
bacco ; with which he seemed to be content. 
After a long day's journey, in the course of which I observed 
a number of large loose nodules of white granite, we arrived at 
Teesee on the evening of Dec. 29th, and were accommodated in 
Demba Sego's hut. The next morning he introduced me to his 
father Tiggity Sego, brother to the King of Kasson, chief of 
