Upon this head, however, they have evidently learned much evil from their intercourse with Europeans.

The character of the vegetation, and the general aspect of nature, are pretty nearly the same on the Congo, as on the other African rivers.
Meantime the other part of the expedition, under Major Peddie, whose destination it was to descend the Niger, arrived at the mouth of the Senegal.

Instead of the beaten track along the banks of that river or of the Gambia, he preferred the route through the country of the Foulahs, which, though nearer, was more difficult and less explored.
On the 17th November 1816, he sailed from the Senegal, and on the 14th December, the party, consisting of one hundred men, and two hundred animals, landed at Kakundy, on the Rio Nunez; but before they could begin their march, Major Peddie was attacked with fever, and died.

Captain Campbell, on whom the command devolved, proceeded on the line proposed till he arrived at a small river, called the Ponietta, on the frontier of the Foulah territory.

By this time many of the beasts of burden had sunk, and great difficulty was found in obtaining a sufficient supply of provisions.