lancholy fate. On his arrival at Jarra, he got acquainted with certain Moorish merchants who were travelling to Tisheet (a place near the salt pits in the great Desert, ten days’ journey to the northward) to purchase sa lt: and the Major, at the expence of a musket and some tobacco, engaged them to convey him thither. It is. impossible to form any other opinion on this determination, than that the Moors intentionally deceived him, either with regard to the route that he wished to pursue, or the state of the intermediate country between Jarra and Tombuc- too. Their intention probably was to rob and leave him in the Desert. At the end of two days he suspected their treachery, and insisted on returning to Jarra. Finding him persist in this determination, the Moors robbed him c f every thing he possessed, and went off with their camels ; the poor Major being thus deserted, returned on foot to a watering place in possession of the Moors, called Tarra. He had been some days without food, and the unfeeling Moors refusing to give him any, he sunk at last under his distresses. Whether he actually perished of hunger, or was murdered outright by the savage Mahome- dans, is not certainly known; his body was dragged into the woods, and I was shewn at a distance, the spot where his remains were left to perish. About four miles to the north ofSimbing, we came to a small stream of water, where we observed a number of wild horses: they were all of one colour, and galloped away from us at an easy rate, frequently stopping and looking back. The Negroes hunt them for food, and their flesh is much esteemed. About noon we arrived at Jarra, a large town situated at the bottom of some rocky hills. But before I proceed to describe the place itself, and relate the various occurrences which befel me there, it will not be improper to give my readers a brief recital of the origin of the war which induced me to take- this route ; ait unfortunate determination, the immediate cause of all the mis-, fortunes and calamities which afterward befel me. The recital which I propose to give in this place, will prevent interruption? hereafter. This war, which desolated Kaarta soon after I had left that kingdom, and spread terror into many of the neighbouring states, arose in the;following manner. A few bullocks belonging to a frontier village of Bambarra having been stolen by a party of Moors, were sold to the Dooty, or chief man, of a town in Kaarta. The villagers claimed their cattle, and being refused satisfaction, complained of the Dooty to their sovereign, Man- song, King:of Bambarra, who probably beheld with an eye of jealousy the growing prosperity of Kaarta, and availed himself of this incident to declare hostilities against that kingdom. . With this view he sent a messenger and a party of horsemen to.Daisy King of Kaarta, to inform him that the King of Bambarra, .with, nine thousand men, would visit Kemmoo in the course of the dry season ; and to desire that he (Daisy) would direct his slaves to sweep the houses, and have every thing ready for their accommodation. The messenger concluded this insulting notification by presenting the king with a pair of iron sandals; at the same time adding, that “ until such time as Daisy had worn out these sandals in his flight, he should never be secure from the arrows of Bambarra." P
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