Having, for the reasons assigned in the last chapter, determined to
proceed no farther eastward than Silla, I acquainted
The dooty with
my intention of returning to Sego, proposing to travel along the
southern side of the river; but he informed me that, from the number
of creeks and swamps on that side, it was impossible to travel by
any other route than along the northern bank, and even that route,
he said, would soon be impassable on account of the overflowing of
the river. However, as he commended my determination to return
westward, he agreed to speak to some one of the fishermen to carry
me over to Moorzan. I accordingly stepped into a canoe about eight
o'clock in the morning of July 30th, and in about an hour was landed
at Moorzan. At this place I hired a canoe for sixty kowries, and in
the afternoon arrived at Kea, where, for forty kowries more, the
dooty permitted me to sleep in the same hut with one of his slaves.
This poor negro, perceiving that I was sickly, and that my clothes
were very ragged, humanely lent me a large cloth to cover me for the
night.
July 31. - The dooty's brother being going to Modiboo, I embraced the
opportunity of accompanying him thither, there being no beaten road.
He promised to carry my saddle, which I had left at Kea, when my
horse fell down in the woods, as I now proposed to present it to the
king of Bambarra.
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