kindness, I found my situation very unpleasant. The slatees were
unfriendly to me, and the trading Moors who were at this time at
Kamalia continued to plot mischief against me from the first day of
their arrival. Under these circumstances I reflected that my life
in a great measure depended on the good opinion of an individual who
was daily hearing malicious stories concerning the Europeans, and I
could hardly expect that he would always judge with impartiality
between me and his countrymen. Time had, indeed, reconciled me in
some degree to their mode of life, and a smoky hut or a scanty
supper gave me no great uneasiness; but I became at last wearied out
with a constant state of alarm and anxiety, and felt a painful
longing for the manifold blessings of civilised society.

April 19.--The long-wished-for day of our departure was at length
arrived; and the slatees, having taken the irons from their slaves,
assembled with them at the door of Karfa's house, where the bundles
were all tied up, and every one had his load assigned him. The
coffle, on its departure from Kamalia, consisted of twenty-seven
slaves for sale, the property of Karfa and four other slatees; but
we were afterwards joined by five at Maraboo and three at Bala--
making in all thirty-five slaves. The freemen were fourteen in
number, but most of them had one or two wives and some domestic
slaves; and the schoolmaster, who was now upon his return for
Woradoo, the place of his nativity, took with him eight of his
scholars, so that the number of free people and domestic slaves
amounted to thirty-eight, and the whole amount of the coffle was
seventy-three. Among the freemen were six jillikeas (singing men),
whose musical talents were frequently exerted either to divert our
fatigue or obtain us a welcome from strangers. When we departed
from Kamalia, we were followed for about half a mile by most of the