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CHAPTER XXV. 
The Coffle crosses thejallonka Wilderness. — Miserable Fate of one 
of the female Slaves; — arrives at Sooseeta; — proceeds to Manna. 
— Some Account of the Jallonkas. — Crosses the main Stream of 
the Senegal. — Bridge of a singular Construction. — Arrives at 
Malacotta. — Remarkable Conduct of the King of the Jaloffs. 
We continued at Kenytakooro until noon of the sad of April, 
when we removed to a village about seven miles to the west- 
ward ; the inhabitants of which being apprehensive of hos- 
tilities from the Foulahs of Fooladoo, were at this time em- 
ployed in constructing small temporary huts among the rocks, 
on the side of a high hill close to the village. The situation was 
almost impregnable, being every where surrounded with high 
precipices, except on the eastern side, where the natives had left 
a pathway sufficient to allow one person at a time to ascend. 
Upon the brow of the hill, immediately over this path, I obser- 
ved several heaps of large loose stones, which the people told 
me were intended to be thrown down upon the Foulahs, if 
they should attempt the hill. 
At daybreak, on the 23d, we departed from this village, and 
entered the Jallonka Wilderness. We passed, in the course of 
the morning, the ruins of two small towns, which had lately 
been burnt by the Foulahs. The fire must have been very 
intense ; for I observed that the walls of many of the huts were 
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