TRAVELS IN AFRICA. 18 
fore obliged them to quit that country, which 
formerly belonged to themselves. This delayed 
us a considerable time, and it was not until 
eleven o'clock that we left the ground on which 
we passed the night. The path by which we 
travelled was so extremely rugged and broken, 
that we had much labour and difficulty in keep- 
ing the animals from lying down under their 
loads. This arose from their not being shod, 
and from never having travelled on so hard a 
soil before ; that in the vicinity of Senegal and 
Goree being a light moveable sand. On reaching 
a place where the path separates, one branch 
leading direct to Teembo, and the other to 
Laby, a halt was made until Captain Campbell 
came up, when, after some conversation between 
him and Abdul Hamed, he ordered us to follow 
that leading to Laby, in opposition to the advice 
of the prince. The reason assigned by Captain 
Campbell for his choice, was the expectation of 
the assistance of the chief of Laby, who had 
considerable power and influence in that quar- 
ter. At one, p. M. we passed a small stream ^ 
running north, and which, from the steep, 
rocky, and narrow nature of the path leading to 
and from its banks, occupied much time. At 
six, the rear reached the halting-place, which 
* Diudilicouric. 
