TRAVELS IN AFRICA. 
would be bullets from the muskets of Bon- 
doo. 
Almamy, however, did not give the messen- 
ger time to reach Modiba's town in Karta, but 
assembled his army and marched to Kasson, for 
the purpose of being joined by the forces of 
Hawah Demba, and entering Modiba's territo- 
ries with as little delay as possible. 
Modiba, being advised of this movement, also 
assembled his army, and, instead of waiting to 
receive Almamy, left a detachment to defend 
the frontier, and made forced marches to Dra- 
manet, where he crossed the Senegal, and rested 
a few hours in order to give Samba time to col- 
lect his forces and accompany him. 
On entering Bondoo they found nearly all the 
villages had been deserted by the few men Al- 
mamy had left behind, and the women and chil- 
dren ; they, therefore, met no opposition until 
they arrived at Boolibany, and even then so lit- 
tle resistance was made, that they soon laid the 
whole town in waste, with the exception of Al- 
mamy's palace, which was so resolutely defend- 
ed by a handful of men that all attempts to re- 
duce it proved fruitless. 
They had, however, made a great number of 
slaves, particularly women and children, and 
had collected immense herds of black cattle. 
