TRAVELS IN AFRICA. 
In addition to Almamy's other acts of injus- 
tice and falsehood, he had given orders that the 
people, whom I had sent to Samba Contaye to 
purchase provisions, should be arrested and put 
in irons, and I had much difficulty indeed in ob- 
taining their release. 
We left Boolibany on the 22d May at half af- 
ter six in the morning. We were accompanied 
by Almamy and part of his suite as far as Lewa, 
a village, near which we halted for the night. 
Here again we were to experience the du- 
plicity and falsehood of this chief, who, not 
contented with the delays and inconveniences 
to which he had already subjected us, would not 
now give us the guides he at first named, and 
who were the only two of the princes we had 
found worthy of confidence, but appointed two 
men whom we had never before seen, and who 
(were we to judge from their appearance) were 
ready to comply with their sovereign's order in 
any way. When I remonstrated on this further 
palpable breach of honour, he said that he could 
not then dispense with the presence of two of 
his war-men (generals) but would allow one of 
them to accompany the guides he had named, 
and directed the other (who was the very man 
we wanted) to quit our camp. This person, 
named Omar Moosa, a nephew of Almamy's, 
was so indignant at this peremptory order, that 
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