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several of the Dileankeys, whose country had 
been usurped by this very man, and to whom 
he was so obnoxious that, finding his life in dan- 
ger, he was obliged to leave that country. He 
then repaired to Moodeerie, a town of Galam, 
inhabited by priests. 
About that time, Almami Isata had entered 
into an alliance with the chiefs of Foota Toro, 
and of a part of Kajaga, to annihilate Abdool- 
ghader, who, from his great reputation as a 
Maraboo, was much respected and feared in the 
country. Modiba, the king of Karta, who, as 
I before said, wished for such an opportunity, 
brought a considerable force to their assistance. 
Hawaii Demba, who was with Abdoolghader 
at Moodeerie, seeing so many powerful chiefs 
assembled for the purpose of attacking his 
friend, feared his own safety, and advised him 
to seek shelter in the desert amongst the Moors, 
where, from the scarcity of water, so large an 
army could not follow him. This advice he re- 
jected, and was deserted by Hawah Demba, who 
returned to Kasso. Abdoolghader repaired to 
Goorick, a town of Toro, there to await pa- 
tiently the arrival of his enemies, and defend 
himself to the last with the few followers, whom 
even all the reverses he had met with could not 
deter from sharing with him his last adversities. 
Almamy Amadi, accompanied by the Kartan 
