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TRAVELS IN THE 
CHAPTER VIII. 
Journey from Kemmoo to Funingkedy. — Some Account of the 
Lotus. — A Touth murdered by the Moors — interesting Scene at 
' his Death. — Author passes through Simbing. — Some Particu- 
cidars concerning Major Houghton. — Author reaches Jarra — 
Situation of the surrounding States at the Period of his Arrival 
there, and a brief Account of the War between Kaarta and 
Bambarra. 
On the evening of the day of our departure from Kemmoo, 
(the king's eldest son and great part of the horsemen having re- 
turned) we reached a village called Marina^ where we slept. 
During the night some thieves broke into the hut where I 
had deposited my baggage, and having cut open one of my 
bundles, stole a quantity of beads, part of my clothes, and 
some amber and gold, which happened to be in one of the 
pockets. I complained to my protestors, but without effect. 
The next day (Feb. 14,) was far advanced before we departed 
from Marina, and we travelled slowly, on account of the exces- 
sive heat, until four o'clock in the afternoon, when two Negroes 
were observed sitting among some thorny bushes at a little 
distance from the road. The king's people, taking it for granted 
that they were runaway slaves, cocked their muskets, and rode 
at full speed in different directions through the bushes, in order 
