TRAVELS IN AFRICA. 
S81 
Fotigue, the man whom I sent, in company 
with Isaacco's brother, to Sego in August, ar- 
rived at Fort St. Joseph on the 3rd of December 
without having been able to proceed farther 
than Dhyage, in consequence of the inundated 
state of the country between Galam and Kasson. 
They lost every thing they had, in crossing 
one of the innumerable torrents which intersect 
that country during the rains, and where he, as 
well as his companions, must have perished had 
it not been for the timely and providential as- 
sistance rendered them by a canoe belonging to 
Safere, a prince of Kasson, which accidentally 
passed by the tree where they had been perched 
for two days without food or the prospect of 
release. He stated having seen a Moor at 
Dhyage who came from Sego, and informed him 
that at the time of his departure the men left 
there by Mr. Dochard were on the point of 
being despatched, in company with one of Dha^s 
people named Sitafa, to meet me. 
The 1st of January 1821, now arrived, but 
without the appearance of the messenger : I was 
informed, however, by some native merchants 
who arrived from Kaarta, that he was on the 
point of leaving it. 
On the 11th I witnessed at Dramanet an as- 
sembly of the chiefs of Upper Galam, on the oc- 
casion of nominating a new Touca, and to regu- 
