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with this country. The animals travelled very 
badly, being too heavily loaded, and which could 
not be avoided, in consequence of the very ra- 
pid decrease of their numbers, and the impossi- 
bility of replenishing them ; five died or were 
abandoned this day's march. 
We here procured a plentiful supply of milk 
and butter, such as it was, and more than a suf- 
ficiency of corn to give the horses, camels, &c. 
as much as they could eat, and which they were 
much in want of, not having had more than one 
good feed since we left Kayaye. The country 
about this village, although much parched, Vv^as 
beautifully picturesque, being thickly covered 
with wood, and agreeably diversified by hill and 
dale. There were numbers of wandering Foo- 
lahs with large herds of cattle, in the vicinity 
of this village : those people supply the inha- 
bitants of the towns who keep no cattle them- 
selves with milk and butter, in exchange for 
which they receive cotton cloths, glass beads, 
and tobacco. 
From Fodia Cunda I despatched Lamina, our 
Sego guide, to the town of Slatee Modiba, to 
request him to meet us at Madina to-morrow ; 
this man being a relative of the king's, with 
whom he has considerable influence, advising 
him in all affairs of importance, and well known 
to Lamina, we considered it right to secure his 
