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oppose our passage ; tlius proving that be Itad 
all along been determined to prevent our pro- 
ceeding eastward. He was, however, misin- 
formed, for although I intended (and did take 
advantage of a boat going to that place) to send 
all my baggage thither, I had determined on 
proceeding with the men and animals by a path 
on the north side of the river, where we should 
not meet any of the people of Bondoo, and few, 
if any, of any other tribes, as all the towns on 
that side had been either destroyed by the 
Kaartans, or deserted by their inhabitants. Al- 
mamy's arrival with his army at Baquelle, pre- 
vented Dhyabe * from returning as soon as he 
otherwise would have done : I was therefore 
compelled to wait for him until the l6th, having 
sent off my baggage on the 9th, 
We left Baquelle on the morning of the 17tb, 
and travelled ese. until six p.m. when we 
halted for the night, all much fatigued, at a pool 
of muddy water in the woods. The country 
over which we travelled was low and flat, much 
covered with wood, and bore the marks of the 
late inundation. We met several herds of wild 
hogs and antelopes, and saw the recent foot- 
marks of the elephant and hippopotamus in the 
vicinity of the small creeks we crossed. The 
following morning we moved forward in the 
* Samba's brother. 
