My
master was immediately sent for. He came and carried me home, as I
was unable to go myself on account of my wounds. Nothing remarkable
happened afterwards until my father sent for me to return home.
Before I dismiss this country, I must just inform my reader what I
remember concerning this place. A large river runs through this
country in a westerly course. The land for a great way on each side
is flat and level, hedged in by a considerable rise of the country at
a great distance from it. It scarce ever rains there, yet the land is
fertile; great dews fall in the night which refresh the soil. About
the latter end of June or first of July, the river begins to rise, and
gradually increases until it has inundated the country for a great
distance, to a height of seven or eight feet. This brings on a slime
which enriches the land surprisingly. When the river has subsided,
the natives begin to sow and plant, and the vegetation is exceedingly
rapid. Near this rich river my guardian's land lay. He possessed, I
cannot tell exactly how much, yet this I am certain of respecting it,
that he owned an immense tract. He possessed likewise a great many
cattle and goats. During my stay with him I was kindly used, and with
as much tenderness, for what I saw, as his only son, although I was an
entire stranger to him, remote from friends and relations.
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