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the children (who were unable to walk or 
sit on horseback behind their captors) on their 
backs. 
The chiefs of the adjacent towns were sum- 
inor^ed to attend an assembly on the l6th of 
Match, when it was matter of discussion whe- 
ther another attack should not be made on Bon- 
doo before the departure of the Kaartans. It 
was, however, decided (much to my satisfaction) 
that nothing more should be done in that way, 
and the 18th of March was fixed for our departure. 
Having taken leave of Samba, and returned him 
thanks for his kindness in obtaining from Modi- 
ba the assistance I required, I lay down at a late 
hour on the night of the 17th of March, to take 
a little rest ; but my impatience to see that day 
break, which was about to give me the opportu- 
nity of another attempt towards accomplishing 
the object of the expedition, prevented my doing 
so : I therefore employed the time in packing 
up some dry provisions for our use until we 
could reach Kaarta. At day-light we com- 
menced passing the animals and baggage to the 
north bank of the river, where, with the assist- 
ance of a canoe, all was safely landed soon after 
eight o'clock. 
The animals were immediately loaded, and we 
moved forward to the ese., along the bank of 
the river through corn-grounds, until a quarter 
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