170 TRAVELS IN THE 
stray, and where they had laid all their plans of future happi- 
ness ; all of which they were now forced to abandon, and to seek 
shelter among strangers. 
June 27th. About eleven o'clock in the forenoon, we were 
alarmed by the centinels, who brought information that Daisy 
was on his march towards Jarra, and that the confederate 
army had fled before him without firing a gun. The terror of 
the townspeople on this occasion is not easily to be described. — 
Indeed, the screams of the women and children, and the great 
hurry and confusion that every where prevailed, made me sus- 
pect that the Kaartans had already entered the town ; and 
although I had every reason to be pleased with Daisy's beha- 
viour to me, when I was at Kemmoo, I had no wish to expose 
myself to the mercy of his army, who might, in the general 
confusion, mistake me for a Moor. I therefore mounted my 
horse, and taking a large bag of corn before me, rode slowly 
along with the townspeople, until we reached the foot of a 
rocky hill, where I dismounted, and drove my horse up before 
me. When I had reached the summit, I sat down, and having 
a full view of the town, and the neighbouring country, could 
not help lamenting the situation of the poor inhabitants, who 
were thronging after me, driving their sheep, cows, goats, &c. 
and carrying a scanty portion of provisions, and a few clothes. 
There was a great noise and crying every where upon the road ; 
for many aged people and children were unable to walk, and 
these, with the sick, were obliged to be carried, otherwise they 
must have been left to certain destruction. 
About five o'clock we arrived at a small farm, belonging to the 
