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INTERIOR OF AFRICA* 175 
CHAPTER XIV. 
The Author feels great Joy at his Deliverance, and proceeds through 
the Wilderness ; but finds his Situation very deplorable. — Suf- 
fers greatly from Thirst, and faints on the Sand : — recovers, 
and makes another Effort to push forward. — Is providentially 
relieved by a Fall of Rain. — Arrives at a Foulah Village, where 
he is refused Relief by the Dooty ; but obtains Food from a poor 
Woman. — Continues his Journey through the Wilderness, and 
the next Day lights on another Foulah Village, where he is hos- 
pitably received by one of the Shepherds. — Arrives on the third 
Day at a Negro Town called Wawra, tributary to the King of 
Bambarra. 
It is impossible to describe the joy that arose in my mind, when 
I looked around and concluded that I was out of danger. I felt 
like one recovered from sickness ; I breathed freer ; I found un- 
usual lightness in my limbs ; even the Desert looked pleasant ; 
and I dreaded nothing so much as falling in with some wander- 
ing parties of Moors, who might convey me back to the land of 
thieves and murderers, from which I had just escaped. 
I soon became sensible, however, that my situation was very 
deplorable ; for I had no means of procuring food, nor prospect 
of finding water. About ten o'clock, perceiving a herd of goats 
feeding close to the road, I took a circuitous route to avoid 
