TRAVELS IN AFRICA. 
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two of his men, who could not swim, were ferried 
over the rivers, much to the amusement of the 
inhabitants of the country, who, in common with 
all the natives of the interior parts of Africa, 
think that we live in the water, and are therefore 
much astonished when they see any white man 
who cannot swim. 
They reached a small scattered village, Dia- 
perey, on the bank of the Baling, at a late hour, 
and having passed that night and the following 
day there, in order to rest the animals, crossed 
the river, which being at that place 500 yards 
wide, and extremely rapid, they found much dif- 
ficulty in doing, and at so late an hour, in con- 
sequence of heavy rain all the forenoon, that 
they could only reach a small town of the same 
name as the latter, distant about half a mile 
from the river, where they passed the night. 
On the 4th they reached Sambula, a town of 
Kasson, having passed several small villages 
during the day, and travelled over a country 
more open and elevated than that of the three 
former days. 
In crossing the last river, nearly all the bag- 
gage was wet, the canoe having been upset. This 
rendered it necessary to have the trunks opened, 
and the things in them dried j from which, on re- 
packing, it was found that a parcel containing 
dollars was missing, and as they belonged to 
