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even seen one, this part of the country not being frequented 
by caravans that bring horses along with them. 
An inhabitant of Fouta Jallon, who had come to purchase 
cloths in this village, where great quantities are manufactured, 
seeing me exhausted by hunger, cheerfully offered me a share 
of his dinner, consisting of a small portion of couscous, mixed 
with honey and flour of pistachio-nuts, He told me that a 
short time before, a body of Englishmen, without doul^t the 
expedition conducted by Pvfajor Peddie, being desirous of 
traversing Fouta Jallon, had met with a positive refusal. 
The great number of persons composing this expedition, had 
led the Negroes to suppose that they came with hostile inten- 
tions. This intelligence was not the most gratifying to me ; 
I was apprehensive that the natural suspicion of these people, 
might also prove an obstacle to my journey ; I nevertheless 
continued to pursue a southern direction. We arrived in the 
evening at Cogna- Amadi, where the chief of the village him- 
self afforded us hospitality. 
March 20th. Almamy of Bondou, whom I had seen in 
Foutatoro, had permitted me to pass through his country in 
my way to Fouta Jallon. At Cogna- Amadi, I was apprized 
that this king had returned to his dominions, and this infor- 
mation made me fearful that he would order me to be stopped, 
for the purpose of extorting from me a more considerable pre- 
sent, than that which I had already made him. I therefore 
aw^oke my people before sun-rise. The surface of the country 
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