TRAVELS IN AFllICA* 
which we should not only have to contend with 
a number of petty piinces, all his friends and in 
league with him to oppose our progress, but 
where it would have been impossible to procure 
provisions, and extremely difficult to travel, in 
consequence of the number of rivers to be 
crossed. 
All this, added to his having assembled his 
army in front of our camp, and prevented us 
for a whole day from drawing water from the 
wells, and his having in every instance broken 
his promise, nay oath, bore such convincing 
proofs of his hostile intentions that I at length 
determined on endeavouring to gain my point 
by indirect means, and therefore told him it was 
my intention to return to the coast through the 
Foota Toro country. 
My object in adopting this plan was the possi- 
bility that presented itself of being able (when I 
had once left Bondoo) to change the direction of 
march from west to north-east and thereby gain 
the Senegal, and, by crossing it, both get out of 
the power of Almamy, and reach Baquelle un- 
molested. 
From Baquelle I could have travelled in safe- 
ty to Karta, where I was in hopes of meeting 
some people from Mr. Dochard, and of receiv- 
ing permission from Modiba, king of that cpun- 
try, to proceed to Sego. 
