After they had remained about ten or twelve days, until
the ship and materials had quite disappeared, the Moors
made preparation to depart, and divided the prisoners
among them, carefully hiding in the sand every thing they
had saved from the wreck. Adams, the mate, and New-
sham were left in the possession of about twenty Moors,
(men, women, and children,) who quitted the sea coast,
having four camels, three of which they loaded with water,
and the other with fish and baggage. They travelled very
irregularly, sometimes going only ten or twelve miles a day,
but often considerably more, making upon an average about
fifteen miles a d ay ; occasionally going two or three days
without stopping,' except at night, at others resting a day or
two; on which occasions they pitched the tents to recruit
the camels.
Except one woman, who had an infant, which she carried
on her back, the whole of the party went on foot. The
route was to the eastward, but inclining rather to the south
than to the north of east, across a desert sandy plain, with
occasional low hills and stones. At the end of about thirty
days, during which they did not see any human being,
they arrived at a place, the name of which Adams did
not hear, where they found about thirty or forty tents,
and a pool of water, surrounded by a few shrubs, which,
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was the only water they had met with since quitting the
coast.
In the first week after their arrival, Adams and his companions
being greatly fatigued, were not required to do any
work, but at the end of that time they were put to tend
some goats and sheep, which were the first they had seen.
About this time John Stevens arrived, under charge of
a Moor, and was sent to work in company with Adams.
Stevens was a Portuguese, about eighteen years of age. At
this place they remained about a month.
The mate offered the Moors one hundred dollars to take
the party to Senegal, which was called by the Moors Aga-
deer Bomba,* which they refused ; but, as Adams understood,
they were willing to take them to a place called
Suerra. (8) Not being acquainted with this place, they
objected to go thither| but when they began to* learn the
language', they found that what was called Suerra, meant
Mogadore. The mate and Newsham remained only a few
days at the place at which they were stopping, when they
went away with some of the Moors in a northerly direction.
It was very much the desire of Adams and Stevens to continue
in company with the mate and the others, but they
were not permitted. (6)
* “ Agadeer Doma.” D.