CHAPTER VII.

_The Author admitted to an Audience of the King of Kasson, whom he finds well disposed towards him. — Incidents during the Author’s Stay at Kooniakary. — Departs thence for Kemmoo, the Capital of Kaarta. — Is received with great Kindness by the King of Kaarta, who dissuades him from prosecuting his Journey, on Account of approaching Hostilities with the King of Bambarra. — The Author determines, notwithstanding, to proceed; and the usual Routes being obstructed, takes the Path to Ludamar, a Moorish Kingdom. — Is accommodated by the King with a Guide to Jarra, the frontier Town of the Moorish Territories; and sets out for that Place, accompanied by three of the King’s Sons, and 200 Horsemen._ _p._ 85