Wherefore immediately he commanded a pair of shackles to be put on my
heels; and a clasp of iron about my neck, with a chain thereat.
Then was I set on a mule, and conveyed to Cookooe, [_also spelt, in
maps later than this narrative_, Couco _or_ Cocou. _It was not far from
the left bank of the river Sahel, that falls into the Bay of Bougiah,?
the present_ Akbou], where the King lay.
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When I was come thither, I was presently brought before the King: who
inquired, What I was? and, From whence I came? and What my pretence was?
I answered, That I was an Englishman; and that I came from the
Christian shore, intending to pass to Argire.
Then he asked me, What I could do?