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TRAVELS IN AFRICA. 
baggage, in consequence of the death of all our 
camels and some of our horses, since our arrival 
at Kayaye, and the difficulty, nay impossibility, 
of procuring a supply there, we had determined 
on leaving behind us a large proportion of it, 
and moving without delay ; for which purpose 
it became necessary to open the greater number 
of the packages, to select the most valuable ar- 
ticles. This had scarcely been begun, when Mr. 
Partarrieau, whom I had sent from Bathurst to 
Senegal to purchase camels, arrived, bringing 
intelligence that he had despatched a moor, 
named Bon-ama, from that place before he had 
left it, with ten camels and five horses, whom I 
might expect to see in a few days, as he was 
coming by the shortest land route from Senegal, 
namely, through Kayor and Salum. 
All preparations being made, we only waited 
the arrival of Bon-ama, who not making his ap- 
pearance on the 15th, I began to apprehend that 
some accident had happened, either to himself, 
or the animals. The 17th, however, brought him 
to Kayaye, having had two of his horses killed 
by lions, and been obliged to leave two of the 
camels sick at a village about fifteen miles from 
us. His arrival at that moment was particularly 
fortunate, as it enabled us to take forward the 
whole of our baggage, and a good supply of rice, 
which we had just received from St. Mary's. 
