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cook for us on the journey : she carried on her head a bag 
of salt^ some calabashes^ and an earthen pot. Our caravan 
was composed of eight individuals. Ibrahim and the Foulah 
Guibi came with me as far as the bridge across the Tan- 
kisso ; my old guide carried my umbrella and my satala ; the 
latter contained seven or eight rice loaves baked in the sun^ 
which had been given me on my departure : Ibrahim thought 
proper to appropriate to himself two of these loaves without 
my knowledge. I mentioned the circumstance to Lamfia, 
who censured Ibrahim's dishonesty ^ and asked me whether 
he had eaten much of my merchandise, a phrase employed to 
express any fraud or breach of confidence. Ibrahim and 
Guibi parted from us at the bridge : they again recom- 
mended me to the care of Lamfia, telling him that, as my 
resources were but scanty, he must be moderate in his de- 
mands upon me, and that God would reward him. They 
seemed sorry to leave me, and after we had separated they 
turned round and called loudly after me, Salam aUkoum, 
Ahd-allahi : (Abd-allahi was my assumed name). They re- 
peated this salutation three times, and then they exclaimed, 
Allam-Kiselak ! (May God preserve thee on thy journey !) 
But though both uttered the same words, yet I could easily 
perceive that Guibi's regret was more sincere than Ibrahim's. 
We soon reached Bagaraya, which is situated two miles 
east of Cambaya our road was covered with butter-trees.* 
The chief of the village received us well : he gave us a good 
hut, and sent me a supper of rice. He said he had not heard 
of me all the time I was at Cambaya. The saracolets, to 
whom I was recommended by Ibrahim's father, had set out 
in the morning to cross the woods which separate the Fouta- 
Dhialon from Baleya. The evening was rather stormy, the 
sky dark and cloudy, and the heat oppressive. I went to 
the mosque with my new guide, who shewed me great 
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