INTERIOR OF AFRICA. 167 
On recovering a little, he informed the people, that he had 
fled through the woods from Kasson ; that Daisy had made 
war upon Sambo, the king of that country; had surprised 
three of his towns, and put all the inhabitants to the sword. 
He enumerated by name, many of the friends of the Jarra 
people, who had been murdered in Kasson. This intelligence 
made the death-howl universal in Jarra, for the space of two 
days. 
This piece of bad news, was followed by another, not less dis- 
tressing. A number of runaway slaves, arrived from Kaarta on 
the 14th, and reported that Daisy, having received information 
concerning the intended attack upon him, was about to visit 
Jarra. This made the Negroes call upon Ali for the two 
hundred horsemen, which he was to furnish them, according 
to engagement. But Ali paid very little attention to their 
remonstrances; and at last plainly told them, that his cavalry 
were otherwise employed. The Negroes, thus deserted by the 
Moors, and fully apprized that the king of Kaarta would 
shew them as little clemency, as he had shewn the inhabi- 
tants of Kasson, resolved to collect all their forces, and hazard 
a battle before the king, who 'was now in great distress for 
want of provisions, should become too powerful for them. They 
therefore assembled about eight hundred effective men in the 
whole; and with these they entered Kaarta, on the evening of 
the 18th of June. 
June 19th. This morning the wind shifted to the south-west ; 
and about two o'clock in the afternoon, we had a heavy tornado, 
or thunder squall, accompanied with rain, which greatly revived 
