On the 20th of July, at eight in the morning, we bade adieu to our host; we travelled eleven miles to the S.E. Throughout the whole country, which is very open, are small hamlets of ten or twelve houses, shaded by nédés and cés; the surrounding land is well cultivated, and I saw some fine fields of cotton; upon the whole, less attention is paid to the cultivation of that article in these parts, than to any other; they sow broad-cast, and the plants stand so close together, that they have not room to grow. About half past one, we halted under the shade of some nédés, near a hamlet, the inhabitants of which came to sell us milk and the fruit of the nédé, which we ate in haste, and then continued our route to the S.S.E. for three miles, over a gravelly soil, on which it was very painful walking, for my feet were extremely sore. We proceeded through a plain diversified by a few hillocks and rising grounds, which have no general influence upon the uniformity of the soil, and crossed a large rivulet, where I saw some bombaces and baobabs, intermingled with the nédé and the cé. The day was stormy; we halted at Kandiba, a neat little hamlet overshadowed by nédés. A hut was allotted to me and my guide, and another to the rest of my companions; in our’s we had some foigné straw, which served us for a bed. All the inhabitants of the village and neighbourhood came to see me in the course of the evening, and lighted wisps of straw to have a better view of me; they formed a circle round me, were quite delighted to see me, and paid me many compliments, which my modesty will not permit me to repeat; they appeared very gentle and sprightly. The chief sent us a supper.