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CHAPTER IX. 
Dangers incurred by the Author in Kahou. — He is received at the 
Portuguese Settlement of Geha. — Hospitality shewn him by the 
Commandant of that Nation. — Description of Kabou and Geba. — 
Departure for Bissao. — Reception of the Author by the Governor 
of that Colony. — Return to Geba. — The Author goes back to 
Bissao.— He embarks for Goree.— Present State of Bissao and 
the Countries which trade with that Settlement. — The Author 
proceeds by Land to St. Louis. 
I WAS obliged to remain at Pinsory till the lOth of July, 
on account of the difficulty of procuring- a guide. Mine, who 
was of Poula origin, durst not accompany me in the 
countries which I had yet to traverse, for fear of being assas- 
sinated by the Mandingos, against whom Almamy of Fouta 
Diallon had waged a cruel war. By means of presents I at length 
obtained permission from the chief of Pinsory to travel with 
two of his subjects, who were going to Geba; he expressly 
enjoined them not to leave me. My weak state and illness, 
obliged us to stop at Diaman, a large village, in the neigh- 
bourhood of which we saw the ruins of another village, that 
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