He Had Been Sent On An Embassy To
Batcheri, King Of Kajaaga, To Endeavour To Settle The Disputes Which
Had
Arisen between his uncle and the latter; but after debating the
matter four days without success, he was now on
His return, and
hearing that a white man was at Joag, on his way to Kasson,
curiosity brought in to see me. I represented to him my situation
and distresses, when he frankly offered me his protection, and said
he would be my guide to Kasson (provided I would set out the next
morning), and be answerable for my safety. I readily and gratefully
accepted his offer, and was ready with my attendants by daylight on
the morning of the 27th of December.
My protector, whose name was Demba Sego, probably after his uncle,
had a numerous retinue. Our company, at leaving Joag, consisted of
thirty persons and six loaded asses; and we rode on cheerfully
enough for some hours, without any remarkable occurrence until we
came to a species of tree for which my interpreter Johnson had made
frequent inquiry. On finding it, he desired us to stop, and
producing a white chicken, which he had purchased at Joag for the
purpose, he tied it by the leg to one of the branches, and then told
us we might now safely proceed, for that our journey would be
prosperous.
At noon we had reached Gungadi, a large town where we stopped about
an hour, until some of the asses that had fallen behind came up.
Here I observed a number of date-trees, and a mosque built of clay,
with six turrets, on the pinnacles of which were placed six ostrich
eggs.
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