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which had irritated him and induced him to seek revenge. 
I resolved in future to be more circumspect in my inter- 
course vrith the negroes, who, being ignorant, are naturally 
irritable and vindictive. 
After travelling two miles, we arrived, at half-past nine 
in the morning, at Courouman- Cambaya, a village sur- 
rounded, like Sancougnan, with a double walL It contains 
between five and six hundred inhabitants. My guide, who 
had many acquaintances in this village, assured me that I 
had nothing to fear: "These people,'' said he, "will not 
take you for a christian, as they did there," meaning at 
Sancougnan : " they wanted to get at your baggage, for they 
are Kaffres,* and but for the son of the chief of Kankan, we 
should not have come oif so well." We went to one of his 
school-fellows, who lodged us in a good hut. It was soon 
filled by people, attracted by curiosity to see a sherif. I 
was visited by a saracolet, who was on his way from Sego to 
Kakondy : he addressed me in the Moorish tongue. I made 
him a small present of tobacco-leaves. We stopped at this 
village the whole of the 8th 5 Lamfia exchanged some salt 
for cloths. The heat, which had been suffocating through- 
out the day, was at night succeeded by a violent storm and 
heavy rain. On the 9th, we had to wait for several travellers 
who were to join us. Some persons brought me small 
presents of milk and a fowl, which served for our dinner. 
Our host was particularly attentive to us. The inhabitants 
were kind and hospitable : every evening by moonlight they 
assembled under a bombax to dance. I was much amused 
by seeing them caper to the sound of a little tambourine and 
an instrument made of bamboo, resembling a flageolet, and 
producing a very melodious tone. 
On the 10th of June, at seven in the morning, we took 
leave of our host, to whom at parting I gave a sheet of paper 
* The word Kaflfre, or Kafir, means infidel, idolater. 
