My Arms And Neck Having Been Exposed To The Sun During
The Whole Day, And Irritated By The Rubbing Of
My dress in walking,
were now very much inflamed and covered with blisters, and I was
happy to embrace the
Opportunity, while the coffle rested on the
bank of the river, to bathe myself in the stream. This practice,
together with the cool of the evening, much diminished the
inflammation. About three miles to the westward of the Co-meissang
we halted in a thick wood and kindled our fires for the night. We
were all by this time very much fatigued, having, as I judged,
travelled this day thirty miles, but no person was heard to
complain. Whilst supper was preparing, Karfa made one of the slaves
break some branches from the trees for my bed. When we had finished
our supper of kouskous, moistened with some boiling water, and put
the slaves in irons, we all lay down to sleep; but we were
frequently disturbed in the night by the howling of wild beasts, and
we found the small brown ants very troublesome.
April 24. - Before daybreak the bushreens said their morning prayers,
and most of the free people drank a little moening (a sort of
gruel), part of which was likewise given to such of the slaves as
appeared least able to sustain the fatigues of the day. One of
Karfa's female slaves was very sulky, and when some gruel was
offered to her she refused to drink it.
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