TRAVELS IN AFRICA. 
the purpose of attacking our post on the oppo- 
site side of the river. In settHng ourselves in 
our new quarters we received the most ready 
and cordial assistance from Messrs. Dupont and 
Dusault, and the gentlemen of the Senegal 
Company* s vessels then trading there, and which 
was most acceptable at that moment, as a great 
many of our native soldiers were affected with 
Guinea Worm, and the Europeans were so fa- 
tigued from the effects of the late retreat, that 
they were unable to do much. 
Almamy, who was not yet satisfied with 
throwing difficulties in the way of my progress, 
thinking that I should without delay take the 
road through Kaarta, made preparations to op- 
pose me ; but here I would have put his abilities 
to the test, as I should have ascended the river 
in boats, had not the state of the season, and 
the losses we had experienced in our retreat 
from Bondoo, and particularly that from Fadgar, 
rendered it imprudent, nay impossible, to pro- 
ceed. 
The uncertainty I was in with respect to Mr. 
Dochard's proceedings at Sego, although of a 
very perplexing nature, would not then have 
prevented my moving on towards that place, 
and which I would have attempted, had not the 
foregoing insurmountable difficulties presented 
themselves. 
