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park's first journey. 
being left behind in the woods, to perish with 
hunger, or be devoured by wild beasts, which 
they heard, during the night, howling around 
them. On the second day, one of the female 
slaves refused food, and began to fall behind ; 
being relieved of her burden, she was soon dread- 
fully stung by a hive of bees, which the coffle had 
disturbed. Declaring she would rather die than 
advance another step, the whip was applied, by 
which she was made to walk a few hours longer, 
when she sunk completely exhausted. As the 
Slatees were unwilling to abandon her, she was 
carried, during the remainder of the day, on a 
litter formed of bamboos. Next day, her limbs 
were so stiff and painful that she could not move^ 
and was placed, like a corpse, on the back of an 
ass, whence she was immediately thrown by the 
refractory animal, and severely bruised. As it 
was impossible to convey her through the woods, 
it was proposed to cut her throat ; but as Karfa, 
and the schoolmaster of Kamaliah, who formed 
one of the caravan, refused to consent to this 
measure, she was abandoned on the road. On the 
^7th, they reached Sooseeta, a small Jallonka vil- 
lage, where they found the inhabitants very in- 
hospitable. Next day they arrived at Manna, an 
nnwalled town, the inhabitants of which were 
collecting the fruit of the nitta-tree, the 23od of 
which is long and narrow, containing a few black 
