Accordingly, the following morning Demba Sego, with a number of people, came to Mr.Park, to see what goods he intended as a present to the old chief.

Mr.Park offered them seven bars of amber, and five of tobacco, but Demba, having surveyed these articles, very coolly told him they were not a present suitable to a man of Tiggity Sego's consequence, and if he did not make him a larger offering, he would carry all the baggage to his father, and let him choose for himself.

Without waiting for a reply, Demba and his attendants immediately opened the bundles, and spread the different articles upon the floor; everything that pleased them they took without a scruple, and Demba in particular seized the tin box, which had so much attracted his attention in crossing the river.

Upon collecting the remains of his little fortune, after these people had left him, Mr.Park found, that as at Joag, he had been plundered of half, so he was here deprived of half the remainder.

Having been under some obligations to Demba Sego, Mr.Park did not reproach him for his rapacity, but determined at all events to quit Tesee the following morning; in the mean while, to raise the drooping spirits of his attendants, he purchased a fat sheep, and had it dressed for dinner.
Early in the morning of January the 10th, Mr.Park and his company left Tesee, and about midday came in sight of the hills in the vicinity of Kooniakary.