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" the town, and Mansong will convey you thither." He 
concluded by observing, that Mansong wished me to sell 
him four of the blunderbusses, three swords, a fiddle 
(violin) which belonged to Mr. Scott, and some Birming' 
ham bead necklaces, which pleased above every thing ; 
that he had sent us a bullock, and his son another, with a 
fine sheep. I told Modibinne that Mansong's friendship 
was of more value to me than the articles he had mentioned, 
and that I would be happy if Mansong would accept them 
from me as a farther proof of my esteem. 
I made choice of Sansanding for fitting out our canoe, 
because Mansong had never said he wished to see me, and 
because I could live quieter and freer from begging than 
at Sego. I therefore sent down the bullocks by land to 
Sansanding. 
September 26th. We departed from Samee. The canoes 
were not covered with mats ; and there being no wind, the 
sun became insufferably hot. I felt myself affected with a 
violent head-ach, which encreased to such a degree as to 
make me almost delirious. I never felt so hot a day ; there 
was sensible heat sufficient to have roasted a sirloin ; but 
the thermometer was in a bundle in the other canoe, so 
that I could not ascertain the actual heat. We passed 
down a small stream to the north of Sego Korro, and 
halted opposite to Segosee Korro, near the sand hills. 
