It is supposed that the moors deceived him, either in regard to the route he wished to pursue, or the state of the country between Jarra and Timbuctoo, and their intention probably was to rob and leave him in the desert.

At the end of two days he suspected their treachery, and insisted on returning to Jarra.

Finding him to persist in this determination, the moors robbed him of every thing he possessed, and went off with their camels; the major, being thus deserted, returned on foot to a watering place called Tarra.

He had been some days without food, and the unfeeling moors refusing to give him any, he sunk at last under his distresses.

Whether he actually perished of hunger, or was murdered by the savage Mahometans, is not certainly known.