At This Time The
Stranger Who Had Assisted Me In Crossing The River Paid Me A Visit,
And Observing That
I had not found a lodging, invited me to take
part of his supper, which he had brought to the
Door of his hut;
for, being a guest himself, he could not, without his landlord's
consent, invite me to come in. After this I slept upon some wet
grass in the corner of a court. My horse fared still worse than
myself, the corn I purchased being all expended, and I could not
procure a supply.
August 20. - I passed the town of Jaba, and stopped a few minutes at
a village called Somino, where I begged and obtained some coarse
food, which the natives prepare from the husks of corn, and call
boo. About two o'clock I came to the village of Sooha, and
endeavoured to purchase some corn from the dooty, who was sitting by
the gate, but without success. I then requested a little food by
way of charity, but was told he had none to spare. Whilst I was
examining the countenance of this inhospitable old man, and
endeavouring to find out the cause of the sullen discontent which
was visible in his eye, he called to a slave who was working in the
cornfield at a little distance, and ordered him to bring his hoe
along with him. The dooty then told him to dig a hole in the
ground, pointing to a spot at no great distance.
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