94 CHAPTER V.

Departure from Kussaye—Pass through the Simbarri Woods—Loss of Camels—Ruins of Muntobe— Leave Muntobe— Arrive at Sausanding— Halt there— Our Woolli guides leave us—Discharge of Corporal Harrop —Arrival at Sabee, the first Town of Bondoo—Loss of Animals— Opposition on the part of our Guides to our moving thence—Arrival at Loonchea—Death of the Camels— Supply of provisions from Almamy—Mr. Dochard sent in advance with a present to Almamy—Departure from Loonchea—Arrival at Dachadoonga—Difficulty and delay in carrying forward the Baggage—Description of the Red Water, and its use—Arrival at Goodeerri—Mr. Dochard returns from the Capital—Arrival of Almamy's eldest Son—Transactions with Almamy and difficulty in arranging matters with him—Departure from Goodeerri, and arrival at Boolibany, the Capital of Bondoo.

Having put the baggage in order, and fed the animals well on pistacio tops and corn, since our arrival here, we moved forward at six o'clock on the morning of the 9th, at a slow rate to the ene., over a much wooded country, until noon, when we halted at the ruins of a town called Bantanto, in the Simbarri woods, where the well, though very deep, thirteen fathoms, was still in repair, and supplied us