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lancholy fate. On his arrival at Jarra, he got acquainted with 
certain Moorish merchants who were travelling to Tisheet (a 
place near the salt pits in the great Desert, ten days' journey to 
the northward) to purchase salt ; and the Major, at the expence 
of a musket and some tobacco, engaged them to convey him 
thither. It is impossible to form any other opinion on this de- 
termination, than that the Moors intentionally deceived him, 
either with regard to the route that he wished to pursue, or the 
state of the intermediate country between Jarra and Tombuc- 
too. Their intention probably was to rob and leave him in the 
Desert. At the end of two days he suspected their treachery, 
and insisted on returning to Jarra. Finding him persist in this 
determination, the Moors robbed him of every thing he pos- 
sessed, and went off with their camels ; the poor Major being 
thus deserted, returned on foot to a watering place in possession 
of the Moors, called Tarra. He had been some days without 
food, and the unfeeling Moors refusing to give him any, he 
sunk at last under his distresses. Whether he actually perished 
of hunger, or was murdered outright by the savage Mahome- 
dans, is not certainly known ; his body was dragged into the 
woods, and I was shewn at a distance, the spot where his re- 
mains were left to perish. 
About four miles to the north of Simbing, we came to a small 
stream of water, where we observed a number of wild horses : 
they were all of one colour, and galloped away from us at an 
easy rate, frequently stopping and looking back. The Negroes 
hunt them for food, and their flesh is much esteemed. 
About noon we arrived at Jarra, a large town situated at the 
