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Dochard sent in advance with a present to Almamy — 
Departure from Loonchea — Arrival at Dachadoonga — 
Difficulty and delay in carrying forward the Baggage — 
Description of the Red Water, and its use — Arrival at 
Goodeerri — Mr. Dochard returns from the Capital — 
Arrival of Almamy's eldest Son — Transactions with 
Almamy and difficulty in arranging matters with him 
—Departure from Goodeerri, and arrival at Boolibany, 
the Capital of Bondoo 94 
CHAPTER VI. 
Description of Boolibany — Delays and Disappointments 
there — Scarcity of Provisions — Death of Private 
Pickard — My decision of passing the rains in the 
Country, and Departure for Samba Contaye to select 
a position for winter quarters — Arrival of the Expe- 
dition from Boolibany — Mr. Pilkington and men left 
there sick — Death of Lieutenant Burton, and Sickness 
of the men — Preparations for Mr. Dochard's Depar- 
ture for Sego — Almamy's Arrival near our Camp — 
Difficulties about the Guide — Mr. Dochard's Departure 
— The Object of his Embassy — Mr. Partarrieau's 
Departure for the Coast — Mr. Nelson's weak state 
— A regular Market established — Mr. Pilkington's 
Arrival from the Capital — Mr. Nelson's Death — My 
own Indisposition — Deaths among the Men — Extra- 
ordinary Ceremony at the Killing of a Lioness- 
Lion's Attack on the Horse — Account from Mr. 
Dochard — Return of the Messengers — Almamy's un- 
just Conduct, and its Results 124 
CHAPTER VIL 
Unfortunate Affair at Samba Contaye — Almamy's Deci- 
sion — Purchase of a Slave— Arrival of the French 
