INTERIOR OF AFRICA. 
CHAPTER XIV. 
The Author feels great Joy at his Deliverance, and proceeds 
through the Wilderness, E. S. E.; but finds his Situation very 
' deplorable. — Suffers greatly from Thirst, and faints on the 
Sand: — recovers, and makes another Effort to push forward. 
— Is providentially relieved by a Fall of Rain. — Arrives at a 
Foulah Village, where he is refused Relief by the Dooty ; but 
obtains Food from a poor Wo?nan. — Continues his journey 
through the PFilderness, and the next Day lights on another 
Foulah Village, where he is hospitably received by one of the 
Shepherds. — Arrives on the third Day at a Negro Town called 
JVawra, tributary to the King of Bambarra. 
It is impossible to describe the joy that arose in my mind, when 
I looked around and concluded that I was out of danger. I felt 
like one recovered from sickness; I breathed freer; I found un- 
usual lightness in my limbs; even the Desert looked pleasant; 
and I dreaded nothing so much as falhng in with some wan- 
dering parties of Moors, who might convey me back to the 
land of thieves and murderers, from which I had just escaped. 
I soon became sensible, however, that my situation was very 
deplorable; for I had no means of procuring food, nor prospect 
of finding water. About ten o'clock, perceiving a herd of goats 
feeding close to the road, I took a circuitous route to avoid 
