- At daylight I sent my horse-pistols and holsters as a
present to the king, and being very desirous
To get away from a
place which was likely soon to become the seat of war, I begged the
messenger to inform the king that I wished to depart from Kemmoo as
soon as he should find it convenient to appoint me a guide. In
about an hour the king sent his messenger to thank me for the
present, and eight horsemen to conduct me to Jarra. They told me
that the king wished me to proceed to Jarra with all possible
expedition, that they might return before anything decisive should
happen between the armies of Bambarra need Kaarta. We accordingly
departed forthwith from Kemmoo, accompanied by three of Daisy's
sons, and about two hundred horsemen, who kindly undertook to see me
a little way on my journey.
CHAPTER VIII - ADVENTURES BETWEEN KEMMOO AND JARRA
On the evening of the day of our departure from Kemmoo (the king's
eldest son and great part of the horsemen having returned) we
reached a village called Marina, where we slept. During the night
some thieves broke into the hut where I had deposited my baggage,
and having cut open one of my bundles, stole a quantity of beads,
part of my clothes, and some amber and gold, which happened to be in
one of the pockets. I complained to my protectors, but without
effect. The next day (February 14th) was far advanced before we
departed from Marina, and we travelled slowly, on account of the
excessive heat, until four o'clock in the afternoon, when two
negroes were observed sitting among some thorny bushes, at a little
distance from the road.
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