Daucari Accordingly Set
Out For Kooniakary On The Morning Of The 20th, And The Same Evening
Returned With The King's
Answer, which was to this purpose - that the
king had, many years ago, made an agreement with Daisy, king of
Kaarta, to send all merchants and travellers through his dominions;
but that if I wished to take the route through Fooladoo I had his
permission so to do; though he could not, consistently with his
agreement, lend me a guide. Having felt the want of regal
protection in a former part of my journey, I was unwilling to hazard
a repetition of the hardships I had then experienced, especially as
the money I had received was probably the last supply that I should
obtain. I therefore determined to wait for the return of the
messengers from Kaarta.
In the interim it began to be whispered abroad that I had received
plenty of gold from Salim Daucari, and, on the morning of the 23rd,
Sambo Sego paid me a visit, with a party of horsemen. He insisted
upon knowing the exact amount of the money I had obtained, declaring
that whatever the sum was, one-half of it must go to the king;
besides which he intimated that he expected a handsome present for
himself, as being the king's son, and for his attendants, as being
the king's relations. I prepared to submit; and if Salim Daucari
had not interposed all my endeavours to mitigate this oppressive
claim would have been of no avail.
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