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day to day, under some pretence or other, was I 
delayed till the 14th, when Giboodoo, whom I 
had sent to the capital with a farther addition to 
the present, returned to say that the king had at 
length consented to my proceeding, and would 
send, in a few days, some people belonging to 
Bangassi to accompany me to that place, but 
complained of my not having sent him the part- 
ing present. This I immediately complied 
with, adding a few small articles for the head 
slaves. 
For some days previous to that date, great 
preparations were making for the departure of 
an expedition into some of the neighbouring 
states. Bojar and his brothers had proceeded to 
the capital at the head of their several divisions, 
and nothing was to be seen but armed parties 
hastening from all quarters to the general ren- 
dezvous. Ali (the prince before mentioned as 
a friend of Samba's), on passing through Monia, 
at the head of his division, which consisted of 
about six hundred horse and one thousand foot, 
all armed with muskets, called at my hut to re- 
turn thanks for the present I had given him ; 
and to say, that on his arrival at Dhyage, he 
would strongly urge Modiba to terminate my 
business favourably, which, he assured me, was 
all along his intention, although he had been ad- 
