Mr. Sari's Travels in the interior Parts of Africa, a8t 



degrees more wefterly than the mouth of that river, Mr. Park departed to the eaftward for 

 the kingdom ofWoolii with two Negro fcrvants, himfelf on horfeback and his fervants each 

 on an afs. He carried a fmall aflbrtment of bead?, amber, and tobacco, a fewchanges of linen 

 and apparel, a pocket fextant, a magnetic compafs, and a thermometer, together with two 

 fowling-pieces, two pair ofpiftois, and fomc other fmall articles. At Medina, the capital of 

 Woolli, he was hofpitably received, and proceeded to the kingdom of Bondou, where the 

 foveicign compelled him to furrender his coat, but neverthelefs gave him five drams of gold 

 dull and plenty of provifions. From the capital of Bondou he travelled through Kajaaga, 

 which is bounded on the North by the Senegal river, where the French formerly had a fmall 

 fa£l(Ty. The king commanded that he fliould be brought before him ; but Mr. Park, who 

 had been cautioned to avoid him, declined the interview, and efcaped with the lofs of about 

 half his goods and apparel. Hence he was conduced to Kaflbn, under the protei^ion of 

 the nephew of the king of that diftriiSl', where he was treated wdth great kindnefs and hofpi- 

 tality, but det.iined fome weeks an account of the extreme curiofity of the natives to behold 

 an European. Hence he proceeded ftill furtlier eaftward to Kemmoo, a large and populous 

 town, fince deftroyed, but at that time the metropolis of an extenfive kingdom called 

 Kaarta. The king of this place, who received our traveller with great kindnefs, was at that 

 time at war with the neighbouring nation of Bambarra, to the eaftward, through which the 

 Joliba or Niger river flows. Unfortunately for Mr. Park, it was the opinion of the fovereign 

 of Kaarta, that he could not with fafety pafs into Bambarra immediately from his dominions ; 

 in confequcnce of which he advifed him to fliape his couife to the northward into the terri- 

 tory of the Moors, called Ludamar, on the border of the Great Defert ; through which ter- 

 ritory he might continue his route eafterly, and enter Bambarra on the northern fide. By 

 complying with thefe initruiSlions, Mr. Park entered the frontier town of the Moors, called 

 Jarra, about a degree to the northward of Kemmoo, near which he pafled through the 

 village of Simbing, whence the laft difpatch of Major Houghton written with pencil was 

 received. 



Thus far our traveller had continued his journey to the eaftward declining to the north, 

 tllrough fix degrees of longitude with about a degree and a half of northing, the town of 

 Jarra being placed in the map in about 15° 5' north latitude. The territory through whicli 

 he pafled was very generally clothed with native woods, and prefented to the eye an appear- 

 ance of great uniformity. In his progrefs eaftward the country rofe into hills, and the foil be- 

 came various, but was every where fertile in fuch places as had been cleared. Bondou in 

 particular is aland abounding with black cattle, fheep, goats, and poultry, with an excellent 

 breed of horfes, though the ufual beaft of burthen in all the Negro territories is the afs. 

 Animal labour is no where applied to agricultural purpofes. The land is cultivated by flaves, 

 and affords plenty of rice and Indian corn. The Pagans make an intoxicating liquor from 

 honey. The woods furnifh a fmall fpecies of antelope, of which the venifon is highly 

 efteemed. Among wild animals in thefe countries, the moft common arc the hyena, the 

 panther, and the elephant. The latter is often deftroyed for the fake of its teeth, but they 

 have not yet tamed it for the fervicc of man. 



Befides the grains proper to tropical climates, the inhabitants cultivate in confidcrable 



quantities, ground nuts, yams, and pompions. They likewife raife cotton and indigo, and 



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