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ceros ; in other districts their food is more promiscuous, consisting of the 

 flesh of Buffaloes, Deer, Boars, Lions, and Serpents. In the valley of Wal- 

 dubba, he notices a tribe who live upon Crocodiles, the Hippopotamus, and 

 on fish, and, during the summer, on Locusts, which they boil and keep dry in 

 baskets. Ostriches, as well as Lizards, which abound upon the Mareb, 

 are the food of the eastern Shangalla. In the summer, the Shangalla live 

 under the shade of trees, the branches of which they bend downward, 

 and roof them with skins, so that, until the setting in of the tropical rains, 

 almost every tree is a house. In the winter, they tenant the caves of the 

 mountains, secured from the inclemency of the season. Such is a 

 sketch of some of the Negro nations of the interior of the African con- 

 tinent : to pursue the subject in detail, is here impossible ; a condensed 

 review can alone be attempted. 



Senegambia. Senegambia may be divided into a bold mountain 

 region, with elevated table lands, occupying its central and southern 

 portion, whence rise the Senegal, the Gambia, and their tributary branches, 

 and into a flat western coast and northern district. From the promontory 

 of Sierra Leone, which stretches out to the southern portion of the coast, 

 the great mountain chain runs northward, giving off numerous ranges, 

 intersected by ravines, through which the rivers rush, often over tre- 

 mendous falls, in their passage to the level sea-coast. The most elevated 

 parts of these ranges are unknown ; but, to the south, they are supposed to 

 extend eastward, to the Kong range, and so communicate with Jibbel 

 Kumri (the mountains of the moon). The natives of the Senegambia 

 country consist of various tribes, or, indeed, nations, of which the 

 following may be enumerated : 



The Foulahs, a widely-spread race, of which the mountain terrace of 

 Timbu,'or Teembo, may be regarded as the chief abode. The town, so 

 called, surrounded by rocky deserts and mountain pastures, contains 9,000 

 or 10,000 inhabitants: they are an industrious people, who cultivate 

 the ground, make leather, fabricate cloth, forge iron and silver, and have 

 mosques and schools : they are also brave and warlike, have formidable 

 armies, and have founded extensive kingdoms.* According to Park, the 

 Foulahs (or Fiilahs) have well formed features, and soft or silky hair, 

 without either the thick lips or the crisp hair of the Negro : he also says, 

 that they are not black, but of a tawny colour, which is lighter in some 

 states than in others ; and M. Golberry describes them as a fine, robust race ; 

 courageous, strong-minded, and prudent : and states, that " they understand 

 commerce well ; travel in the capacity of merchants, even to the extent of 

 Guinea ; and are formidable to their neighbours. The colour of their 

 skin is a kind of reddish black : their countenances are regular, and their 



* A kindred people, viz., the Felatahs of Soudan, whose capital is Soccatoo, and who are of the 

 Foulah lineage, will be hereafter adverted to. 



