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CHAPTER XIII. 
Ketreat from Kaarta. — Difficulties and Annoyances there. — 
Arrival at Fort St. Joseph. — Delay and Occurrences at 
Baquelle. — Return to the Coast. — Arrival at Sierra 
Leone. — Visit to the captured Negro Establishments. 
We commenced our retreat at half after five, 
on the morning of the 8th of May, and at eleven 
reached Guninghedy, where we halted during 
the heat of the day. We were accompanied by 
Bojar and his division, with their prisoners, whose 
sufferings presented scenes of distress which I am 
incapable of painting in their true colours. The 
women and children (all nearly naked and carry- 
ing heavy loads) were tied together by the necks, 
and hurried along over a rough stony path that 
cut their feet in a dreadful manner. There were 
a great number of children, who, from their ten- 
der years, were unable to walk, and were carried, 
some on the prisoners' backs, and others on 
horseback behind their captors, who, to prevent 
them falling off, tied them to the back part of 
the saddle with a rope made from the bark of 
the baobab, which was so hard and rough that 
it cut the back and sides of the poor little inno- 
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