A Few Boys Swam In After Them; And By Laving Water Upon
Them When They Attempted To Return, Urged Them Onwards, And We Had The
Satisfaction In About Fifteen Minutes To See Them All Safe On The Other
Side.
It was a matter of greater difficulty to manage the asses:
Their
natural stubbornness of disposition made them endure a great deal of
pelting and shoving before they would venture into the water; and when
they had reached the middle of the stream, four of them turned back, in
spite of every exertion to get them forwards. Two hours were spent in
getting the whole of them over; an hour more was employed in transporting
the baggage; and it was near sunset before the canoe returned, when Demba
Sego and myself embarked in this dangerous passage-boat, which the least
motion was like to overset. The king's nephew thought this a proper time
to have a peep into a tin box of mine, that stood in the forepart of the
canoe; and in stretching out his hand for it, he unfortunately destroyed
the equilibrium, and overset the canoe. Luckily we were not far advanced,
and got back to the shore without much difficulty; from whence, after
wringing the water from our clothes, we took a fresh departure, and were
soon afterwards safely landed in Kasson.
CHAPTER VI.
_Arrival at Teesee. - Interview with Tiggity Sego, the king's
brother, - The Author's detention at Teesee. - Some account of that place
and its inhabitants. - Incidents which occurred there.
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