This Threat
Had The Desired Effect, And We Marched Sullenly Along Till The
Afternoon, When We Arrived At A Number Of Small Villages Scattered
Over An Open And Fertile Plain.
At one of these, called Ganado, we
took up our residence for the night; here an exchange of presents
and a good supper terminated all animosities among my attendants,
and the night was far advanced before any of us thought of going to
sleep.
We were amused by an itinerant SINGING MAN, who told a
number of diverting stories, and played some sweet airs by blowing
his breath upon a bow-string, and striking it at the same time with
a stick.
December 15. - At daybreak my fellow-travellers, the Serawoollies,
took leave of me, with many prayers for my safety. About a mile
from Ganado we crossed a considerable branch of the Gambia, called
Neriko. The banks were steep and covered with mimosas; and I
observed in the mud a number of large mussels, but the natives do
not eat them. About noon, the sun being exceedingly hot, we rested
two hours in the shade of a tree, and purchased some milk and
pounded corn from some Foulah herdsmen, and at sunset reached a town
called Koorkarany, where the blacksmith had some relations; and here
we rested two days.
Koorkarany is a Mohammedan town surrounded by a high wall, and is
provided with a mosque. Here I was shown a number of Arabic
manuscripts, particularly a copy of the book before mentioned,
called Al Sharra.
Enter page number
PreviousNext
Page 38 of 167
Words from 10482 to 10737
of 45803
