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We descended to Makarr and spent the night there on Thursday. The next day, we departed, heading towards Hinnar. We met [a man] fleeing Hinnar out of fear of the power of the owner of the [two] mail carriers on the road, informing him, according to his claim. We arrived at the end of the forenoon on the second Friday of Jumada al-Akhirah. We disembarked there. The next day, he sent to the owner of the mail carriers requesting security, which was granted to him. He then imposed a levy on the crops of the servants and the inhabitants of the villages, which he collected. He then hastened his departure, but then became afraid again and fled. The agreement was between him and the people of his town. They united against him and asked the owner of the mail carriers to depose him and appoint his brother Yusuf as their ruler. So, Musa Koro was appointed over them, and he collected all that had been levied on the deposed ruler, plus an increase. Then, a detachment was sent from there against some of the Fulani, who attacked them and captured some cows. We stayed there for ten days. On the evening of the fifteenth Thursday of the month, we departed, heading towards Tassakit. The archers had sold to the people of Hinnar their [illegible] and their donkeys, their camels, their cloaks, and their shirts, and other things for a small amount of grain, due to the hunger they experienced on that road. On Tuesday, the twentieth day of the aforementioned month, we reached the sea at the place called Ashir, and we disembarked opposite Bidkoy. Many of the camels were lost on the road due to weakness, and their owners only reached the sea on foot. People lost some of their belongings and their vessels. On the twenty-sixth day of the same month, we departed and entered with the owner of the mail carriers into a boat. The cavalry proceeded along the coast. We spent the night at Thulathaa, at the crossing of the town of Bid. The next day, we crossed [illegible].