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there till the return of one of those messengers. This afforded 
me a favourable opportunity of receiving what money Salim 
Daucari could spare me on Dr. Laidley's account. I succeeded 
in receiving the vakie of three slaves, chiefly in gold dust ; and 
being anxious to proceed as quickly as possible, I begged Dau- 
cari to use his interest with the king to allow me a guide by 
the way of Fooladoo, as I was informed that the war had al- 
ready commenced between the Kings of Bambarra and Kaarta. 
Daucari accordingly set out for Kooniakary on the morning of 
the 20th, and the same evening returned with the king's an- 
swer, which was to this purpose ; that the king had, many years 
ago, made an agreement with Daisey, King of Kaarta, to send 
all merchants and travellers through his dominions ; but that 
if I wished to take the route through Fooladoo, I had his per- 
mission so to do ; though he could not, consistently with his 
agreement, lend me a guide. Having felt the want of regal 
protection in a former part of my journey, I was unwilling to 
hazard a repetition of the hardships I had then experienced, 
especially as the money I had received was probably the last 
supply that I should obtain ; I therefore determined to wait for 
the return of the messengers from Kaarta. 
In the interim, it began to be whispered abroad that I had 
received plenty of gold from Salim Daucari ; and on the morn- 
ing of the 23d, Sambo Sego paid me a visit with a party of 
horsemen. He insisted upon knowing the exact amount of the 
money I had obtained ; declaring, that whatever the sum was, 
one half of it must go to the king ; besides which, he intimated 
that he expected a handsome present for himself, as being the 
