TRAVELS IN AFRICA. 
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to render any assistance, rode forward to the 
Tingalinta. We left Harrimakona at two, p. m. 
and got on tolerably well until we arrived at a 
difficult pass in a wood, where those in front dis- 
turbed a swarm of bees, which made so violent 
an attack on both men and animals, that all 
were thrown into confusion. On my being 
made acquainted with the cause, I considered it 
a very frivolous excuse for allowing the horses 
and asses to run about in all directions, throw- 
ing off their loads ; and was reprimanding the 
men for their carelessness, when I was attacked 
by so dense a swarm of those insects, that I was 
obliged to retreat, and suffer the mortification of 
exhibiting myself in the same predicament with 
those I had just been reproving. It was sunset 
before the bees dispersed, or we could collect 
the animals, many of whom suffered severely, 
from the bees getting into their eyes, ears, and 
nostrils ; one of our best horses died on the 
spot, and some of the asses were unable to rise 
from the ground. We reached the Changeballe 
stream at nine o'clock, but the darkness of the 
night, and the difficulty of the passage prevent- 
ed our crossing. 
From the number of animals stung by the bees 
on the 2d, we were in a bad state for travelling 
on the morning of the 3rd ; the third and fourth 
divisions, however, moved forward to the Tinga- 
