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be seen the Kong mountains, with their dark 

 sides and tabular summits. Nearly abreast the 

 market are four hills of a conical form, one of 

 them being higher than those adjoining. It is 

 at Iccory that the country begins to assume a 

 pleasing appearance ; the scenery becomes pic- 

 turesque, and it had lost none of its beauty 

 when we turned back at Rabbah. The hills are 

 composed of black granite and iron-stone, the 

 latter being abundant. 



On landing on the sandbank at Iccory market, 

 a European is struck with the remarkable ap- 

 pearance and dresses of the various traders and 

 their attendants ; while on each side he is wel- 

 comed with '' Senoo senoo — corry la fere," (Good 

 morning — I hope you are well,) from a hundred 

 persons, who press on him much to his personal 

 discomfort. Mats are erected in various direc- 

 tions, the natives of each country selecting a 

 piece of ground. The huts or mats extend for 

 a quarter of a mile, and under these mats and 

 on the sand are exposed for sale Goora-nuts, 

 country-made cloths, bridles, saddles, blue and 

 white beads, tobes, sandals, country caps, spiced 

 balls, Indian corn, Macadania, or Shea butter, pod 

 pepper, beer, cocoa-nuts, and plantains ; horses, 



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