TRAVELS IN AFRICA. 
for my passage throug]i that coiintiy. Contrary 
winds and strong currents prevented my arriv- 
ing there before the 8th, when having made 
known to Samba the object of my visit, and 
made him a small present, he assured me that I 
might depend on his forwarding my views in 
every way he could ; he also agreed to send a 
party of horse to escort me from Baquelle, which 
place I purposed leaving in November, On my 
return to Baquelle, I found the French com- 
mandant, Mr. Hesse, in dispute with the Tou- 
ca of Tuabo, who having made some demands 
for customs, with which the former did not 
think right to comply, declared hostilities. An- 
gry words and threats on both sides, however, 
were alone resorted to, and continued to the 
18th, during which time I was busily employed 
in making preparations for our march. These 
being completed, on the 81st of October I de- 
spatched a messenger to demand the promised 
escort from Samba, whose brother arrived at 
Baquelle on the 6th of November, accompanied 
by four horsemen and ten foot. He informed me 
that having some business of his brother's to 
transact at Tuabo, "he could not be ready to re- 
turn before three or four days. 
Almamy Bondoo, who by some means got in- 
formation of my intended movement, and sup- 
posing that we should proceed by water to Fort 
St. Joseph, posted a strong party at Yafrey to 
