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tianity ; and, without taking into consideration 
the difference between the two nations, he ad- 
verted to an engagement which he said he knew 
had been entered into between the commandant 
of Senegal, when that place was in possession of 
the French several years before, and Daisey, 
the king of Karta, who had sworn an inviola- 
ble oath that neither himself nor his successors 
would ever give peace to the countries lying be- 
tween them and St. Louis, until a woman with 
a basket on her head could travel unmolested 
from one place to the other. It was to no pur- 
pose I endeavoured to convince him that such 
an improbable arrangement had never been en- 
tered into between any European governor of 
Senegal and his enemies ; and I likewise as in- 
effectually brought forward to support my as- 
sertion the friendly intercourse which had so 
long subsisted between the several English go- 
vernors of Senegal and himself, and the very 
handsome and rich presents he, as well as his 
predecessors, had received from them and the 
vessels trading in the river. To all this he only 
answered in a general way, and finishing with 
the usual African expression of " All is in the 
hands of God." 
He was extremely ill, and so weak that he 
could not sit on his horse without the assistance 
