ON the evening of the day of our departure from Kemmoo (the king’s eldest
son and great part of the horsemen having returned) we reached a village
called Marina, where we slept. During the night some thieves broke into
the hut where I had deposited my baggage, and having cut open one of my
bundles, stole a quantity of beads, part of my clothes, and some amber
and gold, which happened to be in one of the pockets. I complained to my
protectors, but without effect. The next day (February 14th) was far
advanced before we departed from Marina, and we travelled slowly, on
account of the excessive heat, until four o’clock in the afternoon, when
two negroes were observed sitting among some thorny bushes, at a little
distance from the road. The king’s people, taking it for granted that
they were runaway slaves, cocked their muskets, and rode at full speed in
different directions through the bushes, in order to surround them, and
prevent their escaping.
son and great part of the horsemen having returned) we reached a village
called Marina, where we slept. During the night some thieves broke into
the hut where I had deposited my baggage, and having cut open one of my
bundles, stole a quantity of beads, part of my clothes, and some amber
and gold, which happened to be in one of the pockets. I complained to my
protectors, but without effect. The next day (February 14th) was far
advanced before we departed from Marina, and we travelled slowly, on
account of the excessive heat, until four o’clock in the afternoon, when
two negroes were observed sitting among some thorny bushes, at a little
distance from the road. The king’s people, taking it for granted that
they were runaway slaves, cocked their muskets, and rode at full speed in
different directions through the bushes, in order to surround them, and
prevent their escaping.
