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the Lippopotamus, but the governor 
had it in his power to remit the 1000 
rix-dollars penalty for its infraction. 
From Lord Charles Somerset, the go- 
vernor, and the colonial secretary, Mr, 
Christopher Bird, facilities and encour- 
agement of every kind were readily 
afforded to M. de Lalande. 
In the interval of his remote expedi- 
tions, the sea, violently agitated, had 
thrown up on the shore of the Cape, 
whales, whose carcases the uncle and 
nephew were often obliged to cut up, 
lest other waves should drag the whole 
from them. They have brought away 
three skeletons complete, in spite of 
the putrefaction to which the pieces 
were incident under the burning sun 
of the climate. 
In short, the labours of the two na- 
turalists have collected in the space of 
two years, of insects 10,000 individuals 
and 952 species; of birds, 2205 indivi- 
duals, 280 species; of mammifers 228 
individuals, 59 species ; of reptiles, 322 
individuals, 136 species ; of fishes, 263 
individuals, 70 species; of mollusca 
387 individuals, 102 species, in addi- 
tion to all which they have prepared 
122skeletons. Total 13,307 individuals 
and 1629 species. This assemblage 
goes near to complete the zoology of 
the Cape. During his stay, M. de La- 
lande contrived to procure a number of 
skeletons of heads of the people in- 
habiting the country ; the races being 
very remarkable in point of number as 
well as by their conformation. 
NOTICE relative to the FRENCH ESTA- 
BLISHMENT in SENEGAL. 
THIS colony has commercial rela- 
tious with five nations that inhabit 
the lands watered by the Senegal. The 
Moors on the right bank are divided 
into three tribes, the Trarzas, the Dar- 
maucous, and the Bracknas. The first 
are the most warlike, and the last the 
most numerous. These two tribes are 
in possession of the gum forests of Sahel 
and Alfatak. The product amounts to 
about 16000 milliers, brought to the 
escale or mart in the Desart, and to the 
Terrier Rouge. ; 
The kingdom of Cayor, which reaches 
from Rufisco, beyond Cape Verd, to the 
banks of the Senegal, is subject toa 
prince named Damel. His country is 
sixty leagues long and forty wide, but 
being often overrun by his own plun- 
dering expeditions, the pepulation 
hardly amounts to 3000. 
Institute of France. 
| March I, 
Next to this, is a country more ciyi- 
lized but less potent, and known by the 
name of Brack. Dagana is on its east- 
ern border, and a lake designated in the 
French maps, by the name Panier 
Foulé, (the true African name of which 
is Ghier) is in the centre. 
Above Dagana, lie the possessious of 
the Foules, a people powerful and nu- 
merous; they occupy the Isle of Mer- 
phil, near the old fort of Podor and the 
Isle of Bilbas. The population comprises 
about three millions. The apparent 
chief is an elective prince named Alma- 
mi, who had formerly the title of Sira- 
tik, when the septre was hereditary and 
absolute. The religion is Mahometan. 
Beyond the county of Galam, where 
a fort has been erected, called Bake, are 
the people of Bambouk and _ the peace- 
able Serracolets, who apply to agricul- 
ture; these repair to the French settle- 
ments in quest of European commodi- 
ties. Fort St. Joseph which stood a 
little above has been abandoned. 
To keep these people employed in the 
culture of cotton and indigo, peace 
must be maintained; they must be 
treated with kindness, and their quar- 
rels extinguished by friendly medi- 
ation. 
A complaint is made that the govern- 
ment of St. Louis allowed a fatal war 
to rage between the Trarzas Moors and 
the Brask, which they might have ex- 
tinguished. This prince, the weakest 
among the Africans, had cast himself 
on the protection of France. Formerly, 
to escape the pillaging of the Trarzas 
who used to cross the river, he agreed 
to pay a moderate tribute in cattle and 
meal, not exceeding 3000 francs. But 
confiding in the powerful aid of his new 
patrons, he refused the tribute anda 
war ensued. This prince, in a battle, 
had his thigh broke; several of his vil- 
lages were burnt, and the inhabitants 
killed or made slaves. If in lieu of 
taking part in these wars, the French 
local government had amicably inter- 
posed, peace would have been readily 
established. No interruption has taken 
place of late in the guin trade, as the 
Trarzas and the Bracknas transport it 
to Pertendic, to sell it to the English. 
The Foules are alienated from the 
French, and complaints are made of the 
mal-ad ministration of the local authori- 
ties. Of the 800 persons and upwards 
in civil and military employs, the 
burning climate takes away a sixth 
part. 
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