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Koolfu without me, as I have no other alternative but to take 
this route or that of Youri. After the taja left me, I went to the 
governor, and acquainted him with th agreement I had come to 
with the taja, who immediately promised to send a messenger with 
myself to Boussa, and another with my servants and baggage to see 
them safe to Koolfu. I would not on any acccount miss the op- 
portunity of going to Boussa, being most anxious to see the spot 
where Park and Martin died, and perhaps get their papers. If I 
am detained, my servants go on with the taja ; and I have left 
directions with them how to proceed in the event of my death or 
other accidents. 
Sunday, 26th.— On inquiring to-day of the same person, the 
governor’s head man, concerning the fate of Park and Martin, he 
said the natives did shoot arrows at them, but not until guns had 
been fired from the boat : in all other parts of the story he agreed 
with what he had told before, adding, that the boat was to be seen 
above water every Sunday. They all treat the affair with a great 
deal of seriousness, and look on the place where the boat was wrecked 
with awe and superstition, telling some most marvellous stories 
about her and her ill-fated crew. I also learnt from this man their 
manner of burial in Borgoo, which is as follows : they dig a deep 
round hole like a well ; the corpse is put in the hole in a sitting 
posture, with the wrists bound tight round the neck, the legs bent, 
and the thighs, legs, and arms, bound tight round the body. The 
grave is made in the floor of the deceased’s house, and his horse 
and dog, if he has any, are killed to serve him in the next world. 
The Mahometans bury in their usual fashion, and have a burying- 
ground on the east side of the town, inside the walls. 
Monday, 27tli. — Beceived a present of a goat, two fowls, yams, 
and milk, from the brother of the governor, who has got a sore leg, 
and wishes me to cure it. In the afternoon we had thunder, 
lightning, and rain. I took this opportunity of waiting on the 
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