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TRAVELS IN AFRICA. 
I had also determined on sending Mr. Dochard 
from this place to the capital, in order to see 
Almamy, and arrange with him for our passage 
through his country, and his protection and as- 
sistance while in it. 
I accordingly despatched him on the morning 
of the 18th, accompanied by Masiri Cabba 
Dharra (one of the king of Sego's men), and 
four of our own people. He took with him 
some large amber as a present for the king. 
Having received from the master of the town 
a quantity of cous cous and meal, sufficient for 
six days, and divided the loads of the three ca- 
mels that died here among the remaining ones 
and the other animals, we moved forward at five 
in the afternoon to the ene. over a flat country 
much intersected by the dry beds of torrents, 
the banks of which are covered with acacias and 
mimosas : one of them was very deep, and so 
difficult to pass, that most of the asses fell and 
threw their loads, which delayed us some time. 
One of the camels died on the path ; this also 
delayed us considerably, and we did not reach 
Gongally until near midnight, all very much fa- 
tigued. In the course of the forenoon of the 
19th, I purchased two asses, being all that I 
could induce the inhabitants of this town to part 
wdth, although they had many more, and the 
prices I offered were large. I was therefore 
