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and it, we crossed the partly dry bed of a tor- 
rent, which, at this time, comes from some hills 
lying south of east from our path, and running, 
with many windings, to the west of north, to 
empty itself into the Senegal. 
We left Goodeerie (there are many towns of 
the same name in that district, named after a peo- 
ple who came from a town in Galam formerly so 
called,) at seven o'clock on the morning of the 
19th ; and after a march of five hours and a 
half to the north of east, over a well cultivated 
and thickly inhabited country, we arrived at a 
large town, or rather a large collection of small 
villages, called Baigh Baigh, beautifully situated 
on eminences rising gently on either side of a 
narrow valley, in which ran a considerable tor- 
rent of water, collected by the neighbouring 
hills, and contributing to the periodical over- 
flowing of the Senegal. The corn grounds 
were beginning to look green, and the entire 
face of the country, which had for some months 
presented a most arid and fatiguing prospect, 
was now progressively assuming all the varied 
gaiety of spring. The natives, too, were busily 
employed in cultivation, which, in Africa, is in- 
discriminately carriedon by men and women. 
Many of our men did not come up before 
night. The march was a long one, and the day 
excessively hot and calm, with every appearance 
