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the 21ft of December reached Fatteconda, the capital of 

 the kingdom of Bondou. The king of this country was a 

 Pagan, like that Of Woolli : but he had adopted the Moor- 

 ifh name of Almami, and feems alfo to have imbibed fome- 

 What of the Moorifh difpofition ; for though Mr. Park 

 prefented to him his umbrella and fome other articles, he 

 compelled him to ftrip in his prefence and furrender his 

 coat, which he faid he fhould referve for his own wearing 

 on great and public feftivals. In return, however, he gave 

 our traveller five drachms (minkallies) of gold duft, and 

 loaded him with provisions. 



Departing from Fatteconda on the 23d of December, Mr. 

 Park proceeded the two following days to a place called 

 Joag in the kingdom of Kajaaga, a country bounded on the 

 north by the Senegal river. The natives are called Sera- 

 Woollies, and fcem to be pure negroes. The appearance of 

 a white man among them excited great curiofity. The king 

 commanded that he fhould be brought before him ; and it 

 was with fome difficulty that Mr-. Park, who had been cau- 

 tioned to avoid him, declined the interview, and got out of 

 his dominions with the lofs of about one half of his goods 

 and apparel. 



The name of this rapacious chief was Bacheri. He had 

 recently fallen out with a neighbouring prince, the fovereign 

 of KafTon, a country to the north-eaft ; and it happened that 

 the king of Kaffbn's nephew was in Bacheri's capital, en- 

 deavouring, but in vain, to effe£t a reconciliation at the 

 time of Mr. Park's arrival at Joag. This young man, finding 

 that our traveller propofed proceeding to KafTon, kindly of- 

 fered to take him under his protection. They accordingly 

 fet out together, and, after a journey of two days, trotted 

 the river Senegal at Kayee, the frontier village of the king 

 of KafTon's dominions, near which that river ceafes to be 

 navigable. From Kayee Mr. Park was led by his- friendly 

 conductor to Teefce, the place of his abode, and the refi- 

 dence of the king's brother Tigetee-Sego, an old man of a 



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