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CHAPTER V. 
Departure from Kussaye — Pass through the Simbarri 
Woods — Loss of Camels — Ruins of Muntobe — Leave 
Muntobe — Arrive at Sausandiii<2: — Halt there — Our 
WooUi guides leave us — Discharge of Corporal Harrop 
— Arrival at Sabee, the first Town of Bondoo — Loss of 
Animals — Opposition on the part of our Guides to our 
moving thence — Arrival at Loonchea — Death of the 
Camels — Supply of provisions from Almamy — Mr. Do- 
chard sent in advance with a present to Almamy — De- 
parture from Loonchea — Arrival at Dachadoonga — Dif- 
ficulty and delay in carrying forward the Baggage — De- 
scription of the Red Water^ and its use — Arrival at 
Goodeerri — Mr. Dochard returns from the Capital — Ar- 
rival of Almamy's eldest Son — Transactions with Al- 
mamy and difficulty in arranging matters with him — De- 
parture from Goodeerri, and arrival at Boolibany, the 
Capital of Bondoo. 
Having put the baggage in order, and fed the 
animals well on pistacio tops and corn, since 
our arrival here, we moved forward at six 
o'clock on the morning of the 9th, at a slow 
rate to the ene., over a much wooded coun- 
try, until noon, when we halted at the ruins of 
a town called Bantanto, in the Simbarri woods, 
where the well, though very deep, thirteen 
fathoms, was still in repair, and supplied us 
