TRAVELS IN AFRICA 
keep in remembrance of me. Such was the im- 
pudent and teasing importunity of this man that 
he obtained one from me merely to rid myself 
of such an unwelcome visitor. When gone, we 
found he had made free with a snufF-box of Mr. 
Partarrieau's which was laid on the mat on 
which we were sitting: this, although of little value, 
evinced a disposition on his part to turn his 
abilities in that way to every possible advantage. 
We left Lewa at six o'clock in the morning, 
and, having travelled west over a dreadfully 
parched and uncultivated country for twelve 
miles, we reached Giowele, a miserable village, 
at ten, where a scanty supply of water was, by 
means of a large price, purchased for ourselves 
and the animals. 
At a late hour in the evening I called one of 
our new guides, named Doka, to my tent, and, 
having drawn from him an acknowledgement 
that he had received Almamy's directions to 
conduct us by the path leading into Upper Ferlo, 
I pointed out to him another lying more norther- 
ly, through a village called Dindoody, whither, 
in case he would consent to conduct us in safety, 
I would make him a handsome present. He ob- 
jected, on the ground that he feared the other 
guide would not listen to it, but we told him to 
leave that to us, which he did. Macca, who was 
one of those guides chosen by myself, readily con- 
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