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'was’Corisisteiit with safety. Finding that I w as determined to proceed, the king told me that one route still remained, hut that, he'said, was by no means free from danger; which was tago fcem Kaafth into the-Moorish kingdom of Ludamar, from whence ;I might pass, '% a circuitous route, intoBambarra. If I wished to follow this 'route,she would appointpedple to conduct me to Jarra, the frontier town o f Ludamar. We then inquired very ■particuferiy -how I bad-been treated'since I had left the Gambia, and asked te a jijcular way libw.many slaves I expected to carry home with me on my return.. We was about'to piroceed, when a man mounted On a 'fine Moorish horse, which was 'Covered with sweat and foam, entered the court, and signify in g -that he had something of importance to 'communicate, the king immediately took up his sandals, which is the signal :to strangers to retire. I accordingly took leave, but desired my boy to stay about the place, in order to .learn something of the intelligenee that this'messenger had brought. In about an hour the boy returned, and informed me that the Bam- barra army had left Fooladoo, and was on its march towards Kaarta ; that fhe man Lhad seen, whohad brought this intelligence, was one o f the scouts or watchmen employed by the icing, each of1 whom has his particular station -.(commonly on some -rising ground) from whence h e : has the best view of. the "country, and watches the motions of the enemy. In the evening the king ?sent .me a fine.sheep.; -whicfrwas very acceptable, as none of us had tasted victuals during the day. Whilst we were employed in dressing supper,:evening ‘prayers were announced ; not by the-call of the. priest, as usual, but by beating on drums, and blowing through large elephants teeth, hollowed out in such a manner as to resemble bugle horns; the sound is melodious, and, in my opinion, comes nearer to the human voice than any other artificial sound. As the main body of Daisy’s army was, at this juncture, at Kem- moo, the mosques were very much crowded ; and I observed that the disciples of Mahomet composed nearly one half of the army of Kaarta. Feb. 13th. A t daylight I sent my horserpistols and holsters as a present to the king, and being very desirous to get away from a place which was likely soon to become the seat of war, I begged the messenger to inform the king that I wished to depart from Kemmoo as soon as he should find it convenient to appoint me a guide.' In about an hour the king sent his messenger to thank me for the present, and eight horsemen to conduct me to Jarra. They told me that the king wished me to proceed to Jarra with all possible expedition, that they might return before any thing decisive should happen between the armies of Bambarra and Kaarta ; we accordingly departed forthwith from Kemmoo, accompanied by three of Daisy’s sons, and about two hundred horsemen, who kindly undertook to see me a little way on my journey. O


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