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to tell me, that the Kaartans had gone into 
Bondoo on a plundering excursion that morning, 
and would no doubt be at Fort St. Joseph some 
hour duringthe night,when, after a little rest, they 
were (in compliance with directions from Modiba) 
to escort me to Kaarta. This was what I wanted ; 
but it was matter of much regret to me, that 
they should have taken advantage of the oppor- 
tunity which coming for me afforded them, of 
disturbing the people of Bondoo, and of com- 
mitting acts of rapine and cruelty, to which ci- 
vilised nations are, thank God, strangers. 
About eight, p.m. they began to make their ap- 
pearance in parties of from ten to twelve horse- 
men, and continued doing so until midnight. 
On the morning of the 14th of March, I 
hastened to an interview with Samba, and the 
Kaartan chief whose name was Garran, a ne- 
phew of Modiba and son of Sirabo, a former 
king of that country. After the usual compli- 
mentary salutations, he told me by means of my 
interpreter that at my own desire his father 
(for so he called Modiba) had sent him with a 
detachment to escort me to his country, where 
I should meet with kind and friendly treatment 
during my stay, and receive the assistance I re- 
quired in prosecuting my journey as far, at 
least, as Modiba' s power reached. On my ask- 
ing him to name an early day for our departure, 
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