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CHAPTER XVI. 
Departure from Sego, and Arrival at Kabba — Description of 
the Shea, or vegetable Butter Tree. — The Author and his 
Guide arrive at Sansanding. — Behaviour of the Moors at that 
Place. — The Author pursues his Journey to the Eastward. 
— Incidents on the Road. — Arrives at Modiboo, and proceeds 
for Kea ; but obliged to leave his Horse by the way. — Embarks 
at Kea in a Fisherman s Canoe for Moorzan ; is conveyed from 
thence across the Niger to Sill a. — Determines to proceed no 
further Eastward. — Some Account of the further Course of the 
Niger, and the Towns in its Vicinage, towards the East. 
Being, in the manner that has been related, compelled to 
leave Sego, I was conducted the same evening to a village 
about seven miles to the eastward, with some of the inhabitants 
of which my guide was acquainted, and by whom we were 
well received.* He was very friendly and communicative, and 
spoke highly of the hospitality of his countrymen ; but withal 
told me, that if Jenne was the place of my destination, which he 
seemed to have hitherto doubted, I had undertaken an enter- 
* I should have before observed, that I found the language of Bambarra, a sort 
of corrupted Mandingo. After a little practice, I understood, and spoke it without 
difficulty. 
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