TRAVELS IN THE 
night following. My fellow-travellers, having better horses 
than myself, soon left me ; and I was walking barefoot, driving 
my horse, when I was met by a coffle of slaves, about seventy 
in number, coming from Sego. They were tied together by 
their necks with thongs of a bullock's hide, twisted like a rope; 
seven slaves upon a thong ; and a man with a musket between 
every seven. Many of the slaves were ill conditioned, and a 
great number of them women. In the rear came Sidi Maho- 
med's servant, whom I remembered to have seen at the camp of 
Benowm : he presently knew me, and told me that these slaves 
were going to Morocco, by the way of Ludamar, and the Great 
Desert. 
In the afternoon, as I approached Doolinkeaboo, I met about 
twenty Moors on horseback, the owners of the slaves I had seen 
in the morning ; they were well armed with muskets, and were 
very inquisitive concerning me, but not so rude as their coun- 
trymen generally are. From them I learned that Sidi Mahomed 
was not at Sego, but had gone to Kancaba for gold-dust. 
When I arrived at Doolinkeaboo, I was informed that my 
fellow-travellers had gone on ; but my horse was so much 
fatigued that I could not possibly proceed after them. The 
Dooty of the town, at my request, gave me a draught of wa- 
ter, which is generally looked upon as an earnest of greater 
hospitality; and I had no doubt of making up for the toils of 
the day, by a good supper and a sound sleep : unfortunately, 
I had neither one nor the other. The night was rainy and 
tempestuous, and the Dooty limited his hospitality to the 
draught of water. 
