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lity ; but, if they engaged in hostilities against 
their native country, he declared, that " they had 
M broken the keys of their huts, and could never 
" again enter the door." Though the proclama- 
tion was generally applauded, various powerful 
tribes, particularly those of Jower and Kakaroo, 
retired from Kaarta into Kasson and Ludamar, by 
which means Daisy's army was reduced to 4000 
effective men. At the approach of Mansong to 
Kemmoo, Daisy retreated to Joko, and afterwards 
to Gedingooma, a strong town, surrounded with 
high walls of stone, situated in a narrow pass be- 
tween two hills, with only two gates, the one 
facing Kaarta, and the other Jaffnoo. At Joko, 
however, his sons refused to accompany his flight, 
" lest the singing men should say, that Daisy and 
" his family had fled from Joko without firing a 
" gun." They were therefore left with a party 
of horse to defend Joko, but, after various skir- 
mishes, were defeated, and one of them taken pri- 
soner, upon which the others retired to Gedin- 
gooma. When Mansong saw that Daisy would 
not hazard a battle, he ravaged Kaarta with fire 
and sword ; but, being unable to make any im- 
pression on Gedingooma, after remaining about 
two months in its vicinity, he marched to attack 
Ali, the Moorish king of Ludamar, who refused 
to furnish him with the auxiliaries he had promis- 
ed j and, upon the retreat of the Moors, retired to 
