Bambarra tongue, and found that I was .going the same way as himself, he promised to assist me in crossing the river; the name of which he told me was Frina. He then went a little way along the bank, and called to some person, who answered from the other side. In a short time, a canoe with two boys, came paddling from among the reeds : these boys agreed for fifty Kowries, to transport me and my horse over the river, which was effected yvithout much difficulty ; and I arrived in the evening at Tafiara, a walled town ; and soon discovered that the language of the natives was improved, from the corrupted dialect of Bambarra, to the pure Mandingo. pnArriai ..syjii .,,. ; Inhospitable Reception atTaffara.— f.Negro Funeral at, Sooha.— The Author continue^ his Route ¡through? gfppr.al ^i}lages, fllq?ig, . the. Banks of the jZStiger, until he comes to KooUkorro.^-.Supports t himself Ay •writing Marabpp^lases ¡Road; and after many difficulties arrives at Bammakoq.— Takesthe Road fo r Sibidoolpo— meets pdtb great Kindness at a Village palled,Kooma &—M afterwards¡robfed, stripped,\andplundered i by ffanditti,--jffbe, Authors, Respurpe.^nd Consolation under . t-ea;quistie,Didfess^fy]arr,ivps in Safety at Sibidooloo. tny, arrival at Taffara, I inquired for the Dooty, but was Mormedji.Lhat he;.had died a few :days before my arrival, and that 'there was, at that moment, a meeting of the phief men for electing another; there being some dispute about the succession. It.was probably ovving to this unsettled state of the town, that I experienced such a want of hospitality in it ; : for though I informed the inhabitants that I should, only remain with them for one night, and assured them that Mansong had given me some Kowries to pay for my lodging, yet no person ipvited me to come in ; and I was forced to sit ajone, undey the Ben- tang tree; exposed to the rain and wind of a tornado, which lasted with, great violence until midnight. At this time the stranger, ,who had assisted me in crossing,, the river,¡paid,me a H h
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