S50 
TRAVELS IN AFRICA. 
of the late almamy of Bondoo, amongst other 
royal visitors, received a small present from me 
on our first entering that country, and in re- 
turn for which she now gave us a reception that 
evinced a sense of gratitude, which was rendered 
doubly acceptable by the situation we were then 
placed in, and the rare occurrence of such a 
return for the many many presents I had made 
while in that country. 
We reached Jouar at six in the evening, and 
would have proceeded that night to Baquelle, 
had I not been so fatigued from having walked 
the whole way, near fifty miles, that when I was 
once seated, I found it impossible to move far- 
ther. On the following morning (the master of 
Jouar, at whose house we passed the first com- 
fortable night since we left Boolibany, and 
whose mild and hospitable behaviour formed a 
pleasant contrast with the insolent and unfriendly 
treatment we had so lately and so generally ex- 
perienced at the hands of Bayla and Almamy, 
having accommodated me wath a horse for my- 
self, and procured another for Charles Jowe, 
who had voluntarily remained with me ever since 
the unfortunate affair of the 13th, we proceeded 
along the banks of the river to Baquelle, where 
I arrived at half after nine, and was cordially 
welcomed by the French officers, and Mr. Par- 
tarrieau, who (not expecting that Bayla would let 
