TRAVELS IN AFRICA. 3 
person employed, whose name was Lamina, was 
a native of Sego, and promised to return with 
the king's answer in three months. 
Captain Campbell went to Sierra Leone in 
March, 1816, for the purpose of acquiring in- 
formation respecting the path through Foota 
Jallon, and on his return so strongly urged Ma- 
jor Peddie to enter the country for the interior 
from the Rio Nunez, that he decided on doing 
so, and fixed the middle of November for their 
departure from Senegal. The interim was em- 
ployed in collecting information respecting the 
countries through which we were to travel, and 
selecting from the regiment serving on the coast, 
a detachment of non*commissioned officers and 
men fitted to the peculiarity of such a service, 
and purchasing animals for the transport of the 
baggage. 
All these preparations being completed, we 
embarked on board four vessels, hired for the 
purpose, and sailed from Senegal on the 17th of 
November, I8I6. 
The expedition was then composed of Ma- 
jor Peddie, Captain Campbell, Mr, Adolphus 
Kummer, a German, as naturalist, Mr. Partar- 
rieau, a native of Senegal (possessing consider- 
able knowledge of the Arabic and Moorish 
languages, with some of the native African 
tongues), and myself, having with us a party of 
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