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induce their return at eight o'clock p.m. ; when 
they again demanded the customs, and on my 
refusing to give them with free will, they helped 
themselves to the articles stated in the Appen- 
dix, Article 19. 
On the following morning I despatched Gi- 
boodoo to inform Modiba of the proceedings of 
his messengers, and to request that, if it was 
really his intention to send people to escort us 
to Galam, he would do so immediately. 
From the 23d of May until the 8th of June 
was spent by us in a state of suspense, which 
nothing but the hope we hourly entertained of 
seeing Giboodoo return from Dhyage, and with 
him the promised escort, could have rendered 
at all supportable. Every day was marked by 
some act of plunder by the slaves of Bojar, and 
haughty insult by himself, but we were incapa- 
ble of resistance, and, however galling to our 
feelings, patient submission was our only line of 
conduct, to which we more strictly adhered in 
consequence of an intimation from Giboodoo, 
that any other would have drawn down upon us 
the most hostile treatment. 
He arrived from Dhyage on the 8th, at night, 
without any escort, but obtained permission for 
us to proceed to Galam, where we arrived on 
the 18th. We were accompanied by some Ser- 
rawoollie merchants, conducting to Baquelie a 
