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CORA. 
At eight in the evening we stopped before the little 
village of Cora^ which^ perhaps, contains two hundred in- 
habitants. Here we had another visit from the Soorgoos. 
They immediately went on board the canoe of the chief of the 
flotilla, to demand the contributions. Each canoe was 
ordered to put ashore a bag of millet for their supper, and 
the order was obeyed without hesitation. I was informed 
that the chief had engaged to pay at Cabra the exactions 
for allowing us to pass ; which exactions consisted of millet, 
rice, honey, butter, manufactured stuffs, and preserved 
articles. 
During the whole of the evening lightning flashed from 
the east. The heat was oppressive, and we had no rain. 
On the 16th of April, we were detained at Cora until 
ten in the morning ; the negro inhabitants of this village 
came to sell us milk, for which we gave them millet in ex- 
change ; they often want provisions, though they cultivate 
a great deal of rice ; but they are continually robbed and 
harassed by the Soorgoos, who make these poor creatures 
supply them with food. At ten in the morning we stood to 
the N. E. There were some Soorgoos on board the canoes, 
and others were following us on horseback along the sea- 
shore. About one in the afternoon we lay to near some 
trees and shrubs, and collected a little fire- wood. At two 
we continued our course. At the point we reached at sun- 
set the river turned to the north, and was very wide and 
deep. The sailors now used their oars instead of their poles. 
At eight in the evening we halted before a camp of the 
Soorgoo. The discussions which arose with these people 
occasioned considerable delay, and were a source of great 
annoyance, especially to me, who was shut up in my hiding- 
place, suffocated with heat, and only able to observe what 
was going on through the holes which I had made in the 
mats of my prison. We were continually harassed by 
troops of these banditti : some were in small canoes, others 
