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into good condition, the Moor returned and claimed it, and 
refused to give him any reward for his trouble. 
August ist. I departed from Modiboo, driving my horse 
before me ; and in the afternoon reached Nyamee, where. I 
remained three days ; during which time it rained without 
intermission, and with such violence, that no person could ven- 
ture out of doors. 
Aug. 5th. I departed from Nyamee ; but the country was 
so deluged, that I was frequently in danger of losing the road, 
and had to wade across the savannahs for miles together, knee 
deep in water. Even the corn ground, which is the driest land 
in the country, was so completely flooded, that my horse twice 
stuck fast in the mud, and was not got out without the greatest 
difficulty. 
In the evening of the same day, I arrived at Nyara, where I 
was well received by the Dooty ; and as the 6th was rainy, I did 
not depart until the morning of the 7th : but the water had 
swelled to such a height, that in many places the road was 
scarcely passable ; and though I waded breast deep across the 
swamps, I could only reach a small village called Nemaboo, 
where, however, for an hundred Kowries, I procured from some 
Foulahs, plenty of corn for my horse, and milk for myself. 
Aug. 8th. The difficulties I had experienced the day before, 
made me anxious to engage a fellow-traveller ; particularly as 
I was assured, that, in the course of a few days, the country 
would be so completely overflowed, as to render the road utterly 
impassable; but though I offered two hundred Kowries for a 
guide, nobody Would accompany me. However, on the morning 
