140 DISAPPOINTMENTS AT ST. LOUIS. 
CHAPTER V. 
Disappointments experienced at St. Louis. — The author takes up various 
occupations. — He departs once more. — Particulars respecting the en- 
virons of Kakondy. — The Nalous, Landamas, or Lantimas, and Bagos, 
When I reached St. Louis^ I heard, to my great mortification, 
that Baron Roger had returned to France ; I requested, 
nevertheless, an interview with the governor ; which was not 
granted till several days afterwards. In the mean time, I 
was indebted to the hospitality of one of my friends; for 
although I had made known my forlorn condition, the admi- 
nistration of St. Louis did not offer me any assistance. I 
could not but be much hurt by this insulting reception. Was 
I then estranged from my country by the pains I had taken 
to serve it ? Could I be suspected of being a mere adven- 
turer? And had 1 not eight months before received instruc- 
tions from Baron Roger, who promised me the protection of 
the government ? 
I still hoped, however, that the governor, when he had 
read my journal, would do me justice and appreciate my zeal. 
When I delivered it to him, I apprized him of my plans for 
the future ; it was not long before I discovered how much I 
had lost by the departure of my true patron; not that his 
successor was deficient in talents, or in the love of science, 
but he did not enter into his views ; in short, it was not he 
who had sent me amongst the Braknas. The substance of my 
plan was as follows : 
I asked of government the moderate sum of six 
thousand francs, (£250) with which I intended to buy a 
flock and two slaves, and take them with me to the Braknas. 
