As Most Of The People Here Are
Mohammedans, It Is Not Allowed To The Kafirs To Drink Beer, Which
They Call Neodollo (Corn Spirit), Except In Certain Houses.
In one
of these I saw about twenty people sitting round large vessels of
this beer with the greatest conviviality, many of them in a state of
intoxication.
On the morning of the 16th we again set forward, accompanied by a
coffle of fourteen asses, loaded with salt, bound for Sansanding.
The road was particularly romantic, between two rocky hills; but the
Moors sometimes lie in wait here to plunder strangers. As soon as
we had reached the open country the master of the salt coffle
thanked us for having stayed with him so long, and now desired us to
ride on. The sun was almost set before we reached Datliboo. In the
evening we had a most tremendous tornado. The house in which we
lodged being flat-roofed, admitted the rain in streams; the floor
was soon ankle-deep, the fire extinguished, and we were left to pass
the night upon some bundles of firewood that happened to lie in a
corner.
July 17. - We departed from Datliboo, and about ten o'clock passed a
large coffle returning from Sego with corn-hoes, mats, and other
household utensils. At five o'clock we came to a large village
where we intended to pass the night, but the dooty would not receive
us. When we departed from this place my horse was so much fatigued
that I was under the necessity of driving him, and it was dark
before we reached Fanimboo, a small village, the dooty of which no
sooner heard that I was a white man than he brought out three old
muskets, and was much disappointed when he was told that I could not
repair them.
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