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TRAVELS IN AFRICA. 
On our arrival at the village, we had to wait 
nearly half an hour before we could obtain an 
interview. After the usual compliments of sa- 
lutation, &;c., I explained to him, by means of 
my interpreter, in as few words as possible, the 
object we had in view in travelling through his 
country, and requested that we might be de- 
tained as short a time as possible. He said that 
we might depend on his doing all in his power to 
forward our views, and that the time of our stay 
chiefly depended on ourselves. By this he meant 
to say, that if we paid him handsomely, he would 
allow us to pass. He said much about the 
trifling nature of the present I sent him by Mr. 
Dochard, insinuating that it was scarcely fit for 
one of his Goulas. 
We took the hint and requested that people 
might be sent to receive the present I intended 
for him. These were soon nominated, and with 
them and Saada, who was sent to remain with 
us (as Almamy said, to see we were well treated, 
but, we believe, as a spy on our actions), we re- 
turned to our quarters. 
Having laid out a considerable present, 
amounting to more than ten times that given 
to the king of Woolli, we showed it to the per- 
isons sent for that purpose, on the morning of 
the 6th, and made Saada a very handsome pre- 
sent indeed, for which he appeared very thank- 
