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no exertion to keep himself erect, it was impossible to hold 
him on the horse, and after repeated tumbles he begged to 
be left in the woods till morning. T left a loaded pistol 
with him, and put some cartridges into the crown of his 
* hat. At sun-set reached Fonilla, a small walled village 
on the banks of the Wonda, which is here called JBrt 
Woolima (Red river), and towards its source it has the 
name of Ba qui (White river), the middle part of its course 
being called Wonda. It had swelled two feet perpendi- 
cular by the rains which had fallen to the southward, and 
was very muddy ; but cannot even in its present state be 
reckoned a large river. 
July 4th. — xlgreed with the canoe people to carry over 
our baggage and cattle for sixty bars. There being but 
one canoe, it was near noon before all the bundles were 
carried over. The transporting of the asses was very diffi- 
cult. The river being shallow and rocky ; whenever their 
feet touched the bottom they generally stood still. Our 
guide, Isaaco, was very active in pushing the asses into 
the water, and shoving along the canoe ; but as he was 
afraid that we could not have them all carried over in the 
course of the day, he attempted to drive six of the asses 
across t!ie river farther down where the water was shal- 
lower. When he had reached the middle of the river, a 
crocodile rose close to him, and instantly seizing him by 
