Having
Converted My Half-Boots Into Sandals, I Travelled With More Ease,
And Slept That Night At A Village Called Ballanti.
On the 9th I
reached Nemacoo; but the mansa of the village thought fit to make me
sup upon the chameleon's dish.
By way of apology, however, he
assured me the next morning that the scarcity of corn was such that
he could not possibly allow me any. I could not accuse him of
unkindness, as all the people actually appeared to be starving.
September 10. - It rained hard all day, and the people kept
themselves in their huts. In the afternoon I was visited by a
negro, named Modi Lemina Taura, a great trader, who, suspecting my
distress, brought me some victuals, and promised to conduct me to
his own house at Kinyeto the day following.
September 11. - I departed from Nemacoo, and arrived at Kinyeto in
the evening; but having hurt my ankle in the way, it swelled and
inflamed so much that I could neither walk nor set my foot to the
ground the next day without great pain. My landlord, observing
this, kindly invited me to stop with him a few days, and I
accordingly remained at his house until the 14th, by which the I
felt much relieved, and could walk with the help of a staff. I now
set out, thanking my landlord for his great care and attention; and
being accompanied by a young man who was travelling the same way, I
proceeded for Jerijang, a beautiful and well-cultivated district,
the mansa of which is reckoned the most powerful chief of any in
Manding.
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