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two conversations with my guide, and they were chiefly 
occupied in adjusting money matters ; but I have no 
doubt that I shall find him a very useful fellow traveller. 
" I have purchased some fresh Shea nuts, which I intend 
taking with me to the West Indies, as we shall probably 
have to go there on our way home. I expect that we shall 
reach the sea in three months from this ; and if we are 
lucky enough to find a vessel, we shall lose no time on the 
coast. But at all events you will probably hear from me ; 
as I mean to write from Kashna by my guide, and endea- 
vour to hire some of the merchants to carry a letter to the 
north from that place. With best wishes for your health 
and prosperity I am, &c." 
P. S. Have the goodness to remember me most kindly 
to my friend Major Rennell. 
To the Earl Camden, One of His Majestt/'s Principal 
Secretaries of State, ^c. Sfc, 
On board of H. M. Schooner Joliba, 
at anchor off Sansanding, 
My Lord, November 17, 1805. 
" I have herewith sent you an account of each day's 
proceedings since we left Kayee. Many of the incidents 
related are in themselves extremely trifling ; but are in- 
tended to recall to my recollection (if it pleases God to 
restore me again to my dear native land) other particulars' 
illustrative of the manners and customs of the natives. 
