Upon The Brow Of The Hill, Immediately
Over This Path, I Observed Several Heaps Of Large Loose Stones,
Which The People Told Me Were Intended To Be Thrown Down Upon The
Foulahs If They Should Attempt The Hill.
At daybreak on the 23rd we departed from this village and entered
the Jallonka Wilderness.
We passed in the course of the morning the
ruins of two small towns which had lately been burnt by the Foulahs.
The fire must have been very intense, for I observed that the walls
of many of the huts were slightly vitrified, and appeared at a
distance as if covered with a red varnish. About ten o'clock we
came to the river Wonda, which is somewhat larger than the river
Kokoro; but the stream was at this the rather muddy, which Karfa
assured me was occasioned by amazing shoals of fish. They were
indeed seen in all directions, and in such abundance that I fancied
the water itself tasted and smelt fishy. As soon as we had crossed
the river, Karfa gave orders that all the people of the coffle
should in future keep close together, and travel in their proper
station. The guides and young men were accordingly placed in the
van, the women and slaves in the centre, and the freemen in the
rear. In this order we travelled with uncommon expedition through a
woody but beautiful country, interspersed with a pleasing variety of
hill and dale, and abounding with partridges, guinea-fowl, and deer,
until sunset, when we arrived at a most romantic stream, called Co-
meissang.
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