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liis ride. He visited one caboceer, and was about to return home, 
when the whole of the party begged he would visit another, or all 
the caboceers would make a palaver with this one. Mr. Houtson 
went accordingly to see the other caboceers ; he was received with 
great kindness and attention, and came home with a supply of 
eggs, milk, honey, two goats, a pig, two ducks, and plantains, <Scc. 
lie objected to receiving presents, but they told him the king's 
friends could not come to their houses, and go away empty-handed. 
Sunday, 5th. — Morning clear, and a fresh breeze. In the after- 
noon had a visit from his majesty. 1 asked him if the Nyffe 
messenger had arrived. He said, no ; that he must be dead, sick, 
or taken prisoner. He said we could not go by the road of Nyffe, 
which was impassable from the wars : what was my hurry to go ? 
He was not yet tired of me ; he had many caboceers coming from 
the country to see me ; he wished to put every thing right on the 
roads for me before I set off ; that the king of England did not send 
me to him to run away again directly ; that he wished me much to 
wait and see the customs, for then I should see him truly a king. 
I said I would do so with pleasure, but that the rains would have 
set in by that time, and I should be unable to go to Bornou. He 
asked what I was going to Bornou for. “ Did not the king of Eng- 
land send you to me alone?” “No,” said I, “he sent me to you to 
procure me a passage to that country, where an Englishman now 
resides who was left there when I returned from thence.” I then 
told him I would consent to remain twelve days longer, and if he 
did not by that time find me a passage, I would return to England 
and say he would not allow me to proceed. He now informed me 
that the messenger who arrived yesterday was from one of his pro- 
vinces called Yaru, five days distance ; that it was divided from the 
Youri by the Quorra ; that he would send me by that route, which 
was quite safe. I asked if I could not go and see the Quorra be- 
fore I departed from Katunga. He said no: the Fellatahs had 
