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manner. The Slatees however were unwilling to abandon her, 
the day's journey being nearly ended : they therefore made 
a sortof litter of bamboo canes, upon which she was placed, and 
tied on it with slips of bark : this litter was carried upon the 
heads of two slaves, one walking before the other, and they were 
followed by two others, who relieved them occasionally. In this 
manner the woman was carried forward until it was dark, when 
we reached a stream of water, at the foot of a high hill called 
Gankaran-Kooro; and here we stopt for the night, and set about 
preparing our supper. As we had only eat one handful of meal 
since the preceding night, and travelled all day in a hot sun, 
many of the slaves, who had loads upon their heads, were very 
much fatigued ; and some of them snapt their fingers, which 
among the Negroes is a sure sign of desperation. The Slatees 
immediately put them all in irons; and such of them as had 
evinced signs of great despondency, wfere kept apart from the 
rest, and had their hands tied. In the morning they were 
found greatly recovered. 
April 25th. At daybreak poor Nealee was awakened ; but 
her limbs were now become so stiff and painful, that she could 
neither walk nor stand ; she was therefore lifted, like a corpse, 
upon the back of the ass; and the Slatees endeavoured to secure 
her in that situation, by fastening her hands together under the 
ass's neck, and her feet under the belly, with long slips of bark ; 
but the ass was so very unruly, that no sort of treatment could 
induce him to proceed with his load ; and as Nealee made no 
exertion to prevent herself from falling, she was quickly thrown 
off, and had one of her legs much bruised. Every attempt to 
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