of Robert Adams, respecting Timbiictoo, Sfc. 387 



That siicli an aniniHl as Ihc Ileiti* 

 exists, (descril)ed by Jackson, p. 90,) 

 is confinncd by Adams, (p. 28.) On tliis 

 subject it may be observed, that Jack- 

 son's Errn^ual is the same wilh I^co'i* 

 Ragnaltil ; tills hitter wiird being assu- 

 redly an error of the jjrinler's. Jackson's 

 JSrraoual is also the same witli Pen- 

 nant's Rugun/il, the er iireccding the 

 Ragtial of Jackson, being the Arabic 



article jj, wliich, preceding the so- 

 lar letter r or j, takes that letter, and 

 drops the J or J. 



It is to be lamented that IVTr. Cock, 

 in his examination and iuteirogalion of 

 Adams the sailor, did not question 

 him respecting the mode of building 

 houses at 'I'imbudoo, as described by 

 Jackson, page 298 ; for, although I am 

 not disposed to doubt any thing that 

 Jackson records, the whole of his ac- 

 coimt being collected wilh that discri- 

 minating caution that so evidently 

 maiks the enquirer after truth, yet any 

 confirmution of what he asserts, even by 

 an illitcrat« sailor, would have Ijecu sa- 

 tisfactory, more pariicuiarly on the sub- 

 ject in question, which is one upou 

 which we may presume he was compe- 

 tent to gi\ e the necessary information. 



It appears, by Adams's sjiecimen of 

 Timbuctoo words, that the inhabitants 

 of Tindjnctoo speak a mixlnre of Aral)ie 

 and Sondanic, which is a natural conse- 

 quence resulting from the military go- 

 vernment being tieputed to negroes, and 

 the civil government being deputed to 

 Moors. See Jackson, p. 300 and 301. 



Adams, p. 43 and 44 — 

 Dog — Killeb. This is the Arabic word 



lor dog. 

 Sheep — Naidsli. This I suspect to b« 

 the word Kaibsh, which is 

 the Arabic for shecj), and 

 lias been transformed to 

 Naiilsh by Adams's oral 

 inaccuracy. 

 Elephant— 2?/ /if/. This is the Arabic 



v\oril for elephant. 

 House — Dah. A conuplion of Dar, 

 which is the Arabic nanitt 

 for a house. 

 Moimtain — Kuddctir. A corruption 

 of Knddca, wTiich is the Ara- 

 bic for a hill or eminence. 

 Date \xco- — Curna Toiiuir. The first 

 ■word is Sondanic, the second 

 is a corruption of Timar, 

 which is the Arabic name of 

 tlie date. 

 3 D 2 rig. 



guttural. See Jackson's Account of Mo- 

 rocco, third edition, page 286, note. 



Adams's account of rings worn 

 through the cartilage of the nose, (see his 

 Narrative, page 18,) is a confirmation of 

 Jackson's account of nose-rings, (see his 

 account of Morocco, page 290, note.) It 

 appears that it is the fashion to wear 

 tliese rings through the middle car.ilage 

 of the nose at Wangaru as well as at 

 Sondeny. 



Adams (p-.<ge 21,) confirms Jackson's 

 account of the name of King of Timbuc- 

 too. SeeJackson'sAccount, third edition, 

 p. 299, where the king is called VVoolo. 

 It is remarkable also, that Jackson's 

 account of Woolo, king of Timlnictoo, 

 is confirmed on the authority of Lhage 

 Bloliammed Sherrifie, in the second vo- 

 lume of the proceedings of the African 

 Association, who says that Woolo, king 

 of Bambarra, took possession of the 

 city of Timbuctoo from the Moors in 

 the year of Christ 1800. Notwithstand- 

 ing this extraordinary corroboration, 

 the annolator of Adams's Narrative, 

 speakingofiMr. Jackson's authority, says, 

 " Mr. Jackson fin ther states that the 

 same king of Timbuctoo was also sove- 

 reign of Bambarra, in which respect, 

 however, as in many other instances 

 where he relies on African aittho7-itij, it 

 is ajjparent that he was misinformed, 

 for the name of the sovereign of Bam- 

 barra, from the year 1795 to 1805 inclu- 

 sive, was certainly Mansong." Now, I 

 Avoiild ask the aunotator, how is this fact 

 ascertained ; and he must necessarily an- 

 swer, that it is established on Mr. 

 Parke's authority, w ho obtained the in- 

 formation liom an illiterate Moor, or, in 

 wther words, from African authority ; so 

 that the anqotator asserts, as a fact, that 

 Mansong was king, which assertion is 

 supported on African aut/ioriti/. And 

 he maintains that it is an error that 

 "Woolo was king of Timbuctoo, although 

 that fact is asserted on the best of Afri- 

 can authority by Jackson, and is con- 

 firmed by the proceedings of the African 

 Association, as well as by Adams's Nar- 

 rative. 



Now, as ■*" La verite so fait cotmaitre 

 par le canconrs dis teitutigna^i s" so has 

 the truth of .Jackson's account of >\ Ooio 

 being soveri'ign of Tiinbucloo been 

 confirmed by the concurring testimony 

 of the Frocecdin^ts of the African As.so- 

 cialion, added to that of Adams. 



• Vide Letfres de M. de Bailly a Al. 

 2e Voltaire, gui- rAtiautidc. Lettie lime. 



