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Jarra people, called Kadeeja ; and here I found Daman and John- 
son employed in filling large bags of corn, to be carried upon 
bullocks, to serve as provisions for Daman's family on the road. 
June 28th. At daybreak, we departed from Kadeeja ; and, 
having passed Troongoomba, without stopping, arrived in the 
afternoon at Oueira. I remained here two days, in order to re- 
cruit my horse, which the Moors had reduced to a perfect Rosi- 
nante, and to wait for the arrival of some Mandingo Negroes, 
who were going for Bambarra in the course of a few days. 
On the afternoon of the ist of July, as I was tending my horse 
in the fields, Ali's chief slave and four Moors arrived at Queira, 
and took up their lodging at the Dooty's house. My interpreter, 
Johnson, who suspected the nature of this visit, sent two boys 
to overhear their conversation ; from which he learnt that they 
were sent to convey me back to Bubaker. The same evening, 
two of the Moors came privately to look at my horse, and one 
of them proposed taking it to the Dooty's hut, but the other 
observed that such a precaution was unnecessary, as I could 
never escape upon such an animal. They then inquired where 
I slept, and returned to their companions. 
All this was like a stroke of thunder to me, for I dreaded 
nothing so much as confinement again among the Moors ; from 
whose barbarity I had nothing but death to expect. I therefore 
determined to set off immediately for Bambarra ; a measure which 
I thought offered almost the only chance of saving my life, and 
gaining the object of my mission. I communicated the design 
to Johnson, who, altho' he applauded my resolution, was so far 
from shewing any inclination to accompany me, that he solemnly 
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