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army, and part of his own, soon met him, when 
a bloody, though unequal conflict, ensued, end- 
ing in the death or capture of every one of Ab- 
doolghader's men. He himself descended from 
his horse, and sat down on the ground to count 
his beads and say his prayers, in which situation 
he was found by Almamy Amadi, who, having 
saluted him three times in the usual manner 
without receiving an answer, said, " Well ! Ab- 
doolghader, here you are ; you little thought, 
when you murdered my brother, Amadi Sega, 
that this sun would ever dawn on you 5 but, 
here, take this, and tell Sega, when you see 
him, that it was Amadi Isata sent you" ; and, 
drawing out a pistol, put an end to his exist- 
ence. He is said to have received the ball with 
all the indifference imaginable. He was up- 
wards of eighty years of age. 
When Modiba, king of Karta, was informed of 
this, he was so exasperated that he told Amadi 
Isata that, were it not that he was his friend in- 
deed, he should treat him in the same way, 
and recalled to his recollection the noble con- 
duct of Damel*, king of Cayor, when the de- 
ceased had fallen into his hands. To wash out 
the stain, Modiba desired that Bondoo should 
pay him as much gold as would fit in Abdool- 
ghader's scull, when divested of its flesh and 
* Park's First Travels. 
