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JOURNEY FROM KATUNGA TO BOUSSA. 
no longer belonged to the king of Yourriba, but to Yarro, the chief 
or sultan of Kiama, a petty state of the kingdom of Borgoo ; that 
Kiama was the name of the province, and Yarro the name of the 
sultan, as he is called. I gave the king of Yourriba’s brother, who 
commanded the escort, a fathom of red cloth, and ten coral beads, 
as he is to return to Katunga as soon as he has seen me off from 
this place. 
Thursday, 9th. — Light airs, and clear. I was unable to get off to- 
day, as they could not collect the people to carry my baggage. The 
king of Yourriba’s brother declared, that he or his people had had 
nothing to eat all night, or since he had left Assina ; yet he got the 
caboceer of the place to send me a pig, for which I gave five coral 
beads : the man said he was ashamed to see me, as he had nothing 
to give. Algi consists of three walled villages, and before it was 
burnt down had been of considerable size : they pointed out a rock 
close to the south side of the town, from whence the Fellatas flew 
the pigeons to set fire to it. The mode of doing it was, by making 
combustibles fast to the tails of the birds, which, on being let loose 
from the hand, immediately flew to the tops of the thatched houses, 
while the Fellatas kept up a sharp fire of arrows, to prevent the 
inhabitants extinguishing the flames. There are still a number of 
Fellatas in this neighbourhood, who are nearly white, but pagans : 
they speak the Fellata language, and agree in every thing but 
their religion. 
Friday, 10th. — This morning the king’s brother accompanied 
me outside the town. I sent by him a letter to Mr. Houtson, to 
tell the king of Yourriba he had behaved very ill in not sending 
a proper messenger ; that the one he had sent was not the Kiama 
messenger, but the butcher’s son of Algi, and that in no one point 
had he performed his promise to me. We halted at the village of 
Watatoo, where I was lodged in one of the best houses ; this village 
had also shared the fate of Algi, having been burnt down by the 
Fellatas, and the inhabitants were just returning to their homes. 
