The Maraboo, Or Priest, In Whose Possession It
Was, Read And Explained To Me In Mandingo Many Of The Most
Remarkable Passages, And, In Return, I Showed Him Richardson's
Arabic Grammar, Which He Very Much Admired.
On the evening of the second day (December 17) we departed from
Koorkarany.
We were joined by a young man who was travelling to
Fatteconda for salt; and as night set in we reached Dooggi, a small
village about three miles from Koorkarany.
Provisions were here so cheap that I purchased a bullock for six
small stones of amber; for I found my company increase or diminish
according to the good fare they met with.
December 18. - Early in the morning we departed from Dooggi, and,
being joined by a number of Foulahs and other people, made a
formidable appearance, and were under no apprehension of being
plundered in the woods. About eleven o'clock, one of the asses
proving very refractory, the negroes took a curious method to make
him tractable. They cut a forked stick, and putting the forked part
into the ass's mouth, like the bit of a bridle, tied the two smaller
parts together above his head, leaving the lower part of the stick
of sufficient length to strike against the ground, if the ass should
attempt to put his head down. After this the ass walked along
quietly and gravely enough, taking care, after some practice, to
hold his head sufficiently high to prevent stones or roots of trees
from striking against the end of the stick, which experience had
taught him would give a severe shock to his teeth.
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