TRAVELS IN AFRICA. 
15 
ance of better grass than we had met before. 
We halted for the night at another small brook, 
a short distance from the Calling Ko, having 
abandoned during the day's march six asses and 
one bullock. 
On the following morning, we started at eight 
o'clock, and, in about twenty minutes, passed a 
fine brook called Sappacourie, running sse. 
the path more rocky and difficult than before. 
At eleven we perceived, distant about a quar- 
ter of a mile to the right, a broad lake, thickly 
skirted with wood ; it is called Silla Dharra ^. 
At noon, we passed another smaller lake, and at 
one, p. M. arrived at the Cogan, a beautiful 
stream, which we crossed, and halted for the 
night on its eastern bank. It is about fifty yards 
wide, two feet deep, and runs rapidly to the 
north, over a rough stony bottom. 
Though we were at work at three o'clock on 
the morning of the 15th, it was eleven before 
the last division left the top of the hill. The 
path led us over the most barren country I 
ever saw, until three, p. m. when we entered a 
rich valley, in which, at some distance to our 
right, stood a small town, the first we passed 
since we left the Tingalinta. At half after four, 
we arrived at the Serriwoomba, where we were 
* A Mandingo word, signifying " a prosperous journey." 
