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departure and that of my men. He called on me 
in the evening on his return from Fadgar, whi- 
ther he had gone to secure such things as were 
left behind by Mr. Partarrieau, and promised 
that he would appoint people to conduct us on 
the following morning to Baquelle, where he 
had been told, that Mr. Partarrieau with the 
whole party had arrived in safety. 
In this, as in all other instances of promises 
made by this man, I was disappointed, but to 
which, from its almost daily occurrence, I was 
become nearly insensible. 
I saw nothing of him until a very late hour 
on the night of the 20th June, when, by means 
of a small present of two gold rings which I had 
with me, and the promise of a few other things 
by the return of the man he should send with 
me to Baquelle, I induced him to name a per- 
son for that purpose, and to fix the following 
morning for our departure. 
