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that village would allow us to remain there, as we 
had proposed, until the return of the messenger 
from Foota. They returned at a late hour the 
same evening, 7th, bringing for answer that 
Thierno Amadoo had consented to receive us as 
friends at his village, where we might remain as 
long as we wished. This did not appear to 
please the other chief and his party, who went 
off grumbling. 
I made small presents to all who interested 
themselves in our behalf at Seindoo, and, hav- 
ing passed a comparatively quiet night, left it 
at half after six on the morning of the 8th June, 
and reached Looboogol at nine ; but here we 
found such difficulty in obtaining a very li- 
mited supply indeed of water the first day, that 
the men had scarcely enough, and the animals 
none at all. 
Thierno Bayla, the chief who had sent the par- 
ty to Seindoo, came to Looboogol on the 9th, 
attended by a large body of horse and foot. He 
paid us a visit in the course of the day, and de- 
manded to be made acquainted with our inten- 
tions in entering the country. I told him that 
having been deceived and plundered by Alma- 
my and the princes of Bondoo, I had decided 
on returning to the coast through Foota ; but, as 
there was no reigning Almamy in that country, 
I did not think it safe to enter it without per- 
