thing wore a favourable appearance, when he was suddenly- attacked from a different quarter. The Jowers, Kakaroos, and some other Kaartans, who had deserted from him at the commencement of the war, and had shewn a decided preference to Mansong and his army during the whole campaign, were now afraid or ashamed to ask forgiveness of Daisy, and being very powerful in themselves* joined together to make war upon him. They solicited the Moors to assist them in their rebellion {as will appear hereafter) and having collected a considerable army, they plundered a large village belonging to Daisy, and carried off a number of prisoners. Daisy immediately prepared to revenge this insult; but the Jowers, and indeed almost all the Negro inhabitants of Lu- damar, deserted their towns and fled to the eastward ; and the rainy season put an end to the war o f Kaarta, which had enriched a few individuals, but destroyed the happiness o f thousands. Such was the state of affairs among the nations in the neighbourhood of Jarra, soon .after the period o f my arrival there. I shall now proceed, after giving some description o f that place, with the detail .of events as they occurred. CHAPTER IX. Some Account of Jarra, and the Moorish Inhabitants .— The Author applies for, and obtains Permission from All, the Moorish Chief or Sovereign of Ludamar, to pass through his Territories... Departs from Jarra, and arrives at Deena— ill treated by the Moors.— Proceeds to Sampaka—fn d s a Negro who makes Gunpowder.— Continues his Journey to Samee, where he is seized by some Moors who are. sent for that Purpose by Ali— is-conveyed a Prisoner to the Moorish Camp at Benowm, on the Borders of the Great Desert, T he town of Jarra is of considerable extent: the houses are built of clay and stone intermixed ; the clay answering the purpose of mortar. It is situated in the Moorish kingdom of Ludamar ; but the major part of the inhabitants are Negroes, from the borders of the southern states, who.prefer a precarious protection under the Moors, which they purchase by a tribute, rather than continue exposed to their predatory hostilities. The tribute they pay is considerable; and they manifest towards their Moorish superiors the most unlimited obedience and submission, and are treated by them with the utmost indignity and contempt. The Moors of this, and the other states adjoining the country of the Negroes, resemble in their persons the Mu- lattoes of the West Indies to so great a degree, as not easily to
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