l^S TRAVELS IN THE 
night following. My fellow-travellers, having better horses 
than myself, soon left me; and I was walking barefoot, driving 
my horse, when I was met by a coffle of slaves, about seventy 
in number, coming from Sego. They were tied together by 
their necks with thongs of a bullock's hide, twisted like a rope; 
seven slaves upon a thong ; and a man with a musket between 
every seven. Many of the slaves were ill conditioned, and a 
great number of them women. In the rear came Sidi Maho- 
med's servant, whom I remembered to have seen at the camp of 
Benovvm : he presently knew me, and told me that these slaves 
were going to Morocco, by the way of Ludamar, and the Great 
Desert, 
In the afternoon, as I approached Doolinkeaboo, I met about 
twenty Moors on horseback, the owners of the slaves I had 
seen in the morning; they were well armed with muskets, and 
were very inquisitive concerning me, but not so rude as their 
countrymen generally are. From them I learned that Sidi Ma- 
homed was not at Sego, but had gone to Cancaba for gold-dust. 
When I arrived at Doolinkeaboo, I was informed that my 
fellow-travellers had gone on ; but my horse was so much 
fatigued that I could not possibly proceed after them. The 
Dooty of the town, at my request, gave me a draught of water, 
which is generally looked upon as an earnest of greater hospi- 
tality ; and I had no doubt of making up for the toils of the 
day, by a good supper and a sound sleep: unfortunately, I had 
neither one nor the other. The night was rainy and tempes- 
tuous, and the Dooty limited his hospitality to the draaght of 
vmter. 
