TRAVELS IN AFRICA. 
grounds, and open wood, dose to the river side, 
for about thirteen miles, ese. In the latter part 
of it we were much impeded by the steep and 
rocky state of the dry beds of several torrents, 
which in the rainy season convey the waters 
collected by the mountains in the ne. to the 
Senega], which at Soman Keete runs for some 
hundred yards over a shelving bed of solid 
rock, and on which there was at that season, 
only eighteen inches water. On the south bank 
immediately opposite, stands Dhyagh-an-dappe, 
a large town of Galam. 
There being no water at the next halting- 
place, we filled all our soofras, and at one, p.m. 
on the ^Oth, entered the wilderness, through 
w^hich we travelled without any path until nine, 
having passed the dry beds of several streams, 
and three extraordinary piles of rocks. They 
were each nearly one hundred feet high, and 
composed of enormous round masses of stone 
(granite, I believe) heaped together in the form 
of an irregular cone. They are situated in an 
immense plain thinly covered with wood, and 
are at a very considerable distance from any 
mountains or other eminences. 
The sufferings of the poor slaves during a 
march of nearly eight hours, partly under an 
excessively hot sun and east wind, heavily la- 
den with water, of which they were allowed 
