PREPARATIONS FOR DEPARTURE. ^21 
acknowledged the justice of my observations, and agreed 
that I should set out with Lamfia, to whom the worthy chief 
particularly recommended me, directing him to deliver me to 
the chief of Kankan, who would take care to have me con- 
ducted to Boure in safety. During my residence at Cam- 
baya, I was extremely attentive to my religious duties, and 
to impress more strongly the idea of my piety, I studied the 
Koran day and night. I settled with my new guide that he 
should carry my baggage to the Kankan, and our agreement 
was, that he should be rewarded with four yards of Guinea 
cloth, which I gave him before our departure. To Ibrahim, 
with whose conduct I was well satisfied, I gave a handsome 
present, consisting of amber, printed calico, Guinea cloth, 
gunpowder, paper, scissors, and silk handkerchiefs. He 
begged me not to mention this present to any one : he was 
desirous of passing for a generous Musulman, though avari- 
cious, like all his countrymen. Their generosity towards 
me never went further than two or three colat-nuts, while 
the Foulahs, who came to Cambaya to sell salt or other 
merchandise, always made me little presents, and never 
looked for any thing in return. 
In two days our journey was to commence, and we set 
about making arrangements for it; that is to say, Lamfia 
provided a supply of rice for our subsistence on the road. 
Ibrahim promised to give me some provisions, but when the 
time for setting off arrived, his promise was forgotten. Our 
neighbour, a worthy old Foulah,who had settled in the country, 
caused a large loaf of cagna to be prepared for me ; this kind 
of bread is a compound, as I have already mentioned, of pis- 
tachio-nuts, maize, and honey. The name of this Foulah was 
Guibi. He gave me the loaf, he said, to amuse me on the road, 
and assured me, that were it not for the necessity of attending 
to his husbandry labours, he would himself accompany me to 
Kankan. Ibrahim also offered to have a cake of the same 
sort made for me if I would buy the honey, and I thanked 
