he could not possibly allow me any. I could not accuse him of
unkindness, as all the people actually appeared to be starving.

September 10.--It rained hard all day, and the people kept
themselves in their huts. In the afternoon I was visited by a
negro, named Modi Lemina Taura, a great trader, who, suspecting my
distress, brought me some victuals, and promised to conduct me to
his own house at Kinyeto the day following.

September 11.--I departed from Nemacoo, and arrived at Kinyeto in
the evening; but having hurt my ankle in the way, it swelled and
inflamed so much that I could neither walk nor set my foot to the
ground the next day without great pain. My landlord, observing
this, kindly invited me to stop with him a few days, and I
accordingly remained at his house until the 14th, by which the I
felt much relieved, and could walk with the help of a staff. I now
set out, thanking my landlord for his great care and attention; and
being accompanied by a young man who was travelling the same way, I
proceeded for Jerijang, a beautiful and well-cultivated district,
the mansa of which is reckoned the most powerful chief of any in
Manding.

On the 15th I reached Dosita, a large town, where I stayed one day
on account of the rain; but I continued very sickly, and was
slightly delirious in the night. On the 17th I set out for Mansia,
a considerable town, where small quantities of gold are collected.
The road led over a high, rocky hill, and my strength and spirits
were so much exhausted that before I could reach the top of the hill
I was forced to lie down three times, being very faint and sickly.
I reached Mansia in the afternoon. The mansa of this town had the