HOSriTALITY OF FONEBE. CHIEF OF OGO. Î 17 
îoabé, the inhabitants of which would have forced Boukari to 
pass the nig-ht among them. As our arrangements would not 
admit of our halting in this place, I was obliged to ride full 
drive among the Negroes to rescue Boukari from their hands. - 
I met with no resistance from them ; they were even so far 
from being ofiended at my conduct, that they furnished us 
with guides to conduct us to Ogo, where we arrived at sun-set. 
We were instantly taken to the house of the Iman Fonebé, 
who was the chief of the village. He was informed that a 
white man was at his door. " Let him alight," cried he, 
^' and come and see me." When T was before him, to my 
great surprise he said to me in French : " Bonjour, Monsieur," 
and added in JolofF: " Here is your house ; if you are hungry 
we will give you something to eat; if you are thirsty you 
shall be supplied with drink ; if you are fatigued you shall 
rest yourself," and without giving me time to answer, he took 
me by the hand, led me across several courts, and stopped in 
the last. At his command, twenty slaves were in motion ; he 
ordered my beasts to be conducted into the court belonging 
to his hut, which is quite an unusual thing ; and he fed them 
himself. A slave then arrived with an enormous sheep-skin, 
and a mat, which he spread on the ground, and Fonebe begged 
me to be seated ; he also made them bring a cushion covered 
with Morocco leather for a pillow. When the Negroes, 
impelled by curiosity, thronged to see me, he drove them 
away, telling them they ought not to annoy me ; he then 
