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FROM SOCCATOO TO DUNRORA, 
of the current, we crossed with extreme difficulty. We had no sooner 
landed on the opposite side than four armed slaves from Soccatoo 
came up to us, and demanded 4,000 cowries of Pascoe, which Ben 
Gumso had lent him to defray the expenses of the marriage ceremony 
with his slave, the celebrated maker of tuah ; and if Pascoe were 
unable to pay that sum, they were to take him back to Soccatoo. 
Pascoe informed them he had left English clothes and money in that 
capital worth 50,000 cowries, out of which Ben Gumso might pay 
himself. This answer by no means satisfied the slaves, who were 
about to take him away by force, when I myself paid the money 
demanded. This little affair being settled to the complete gra- 
tification of Pascoe, we stopped till morning on the spot. The 
weather during the whole of the night was just as bad as yesterday. 
In the evening sent Mohamed, the other hired servant, to a neigh- 
bouring village to purchase provisions ; but he brought with him 
a little corn only. 
31st. — The weather clearing up this morning about eight, we 
proceeded on our journey, and at two P. M. arrived at Madubie, 
a small walled town. The chief invited me to remain at his house, 
but I preferred staying in my tent, which I had fixed within the 
walls, close to the gate. In the evening the chief’s daughter came 
to see me, bringing milk, a bowl of stewed beef, and tuah, sufficient 
for the whole of us for supper. I afterwards made her a trifling 
present. The weather as usual 
June 1st.— Having dried our tent, at 9 A. M. journeyed till we 
came to the banks of the Gora, a narrow but deep and rapid river. 
I was much afraid the men would be washed down the stream in 
crossing ; but at length every thing was landed on the opposite 
side. Passed the walled town of Bebajie at one at noon ; and 
ordering the men to proceed ahead, I followed at some distance, 
being afraid the inhabitants would detain me if recognised. Half 
an hour after, came to a spot where are two roads, one leading to 
