The Roads Were
Wet And Slippery, But The Country Was Very Beautiful, Abounding With
Rivulets, Which Were Increased By The Rain Into Rapid Streams.
About Ten O'clock We Came To-The Rains Of A Village Which Had Been
Destroyed By War About Six Months Before.
About noon my horse was so much fatigued that I could not keep up
with my companions; I therefore dismounted, and desired them to ride
on, telling them that I would follow as soon as my horse had rested
a little.
But I found them unwilling to leave me; the lions, they
said, were very numerous in those parts, and though they might not
so readily attack a body of people, they would soon find out an
individual; it was therefore agreed that one of the company should
stay with me to assist in driving my horse, while the others passed
on to Galloo to procure lodgings, and collect grass for the horses
before night. Accompanied by this worthy negro, I drove my horse
before me until about four o'clock, when we came in sight of Galloo,
a considerable town, standing in a fertile and beautiful valley
surrounded with high rocks.
Early next morning (July 14th), having first returned many thanks to
our landlord for his hospitality, while my fellow-travellers offered
up their prayers that he might never want, we set forward, and about
three o'clock arrived at Moorja, a large town, famous for its trade
in salt, which the Moors bring here in great quantities, to exchange
for corn and cotton cloth.
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