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tribute to the sovereign of the country for the lands which they 
hold. Not having many opportunities however, during my re- 
sidence at Pisania, of improving my acquaintance with these 
people, I defer entering at large into their character, until a 
fitter occasion occurs, which will present itself when I come to 
Bondou . 
The Mandingoes, of whom it remains to speak, constitute in 
truth, the bulk of the inhabitants in all those districts of Africa 
which I visited ; and their language, with a few exceptions, is 
universally understood, and very generally spoken, in that part 
of the continent. Their numerals are these :* 
One Killin. 
Two Foola. 
Three — — Sabba. 
Four Nani. 
Five Loolo. 
Six Woro. 
Seven Oronglo, 
Eight Sie. . 
Nine Conunta. 
Ten Tang. 
Eleven Tan ning killin, Sec. 
They are called Mandigoes, I conceive, as having originally 
migrated from the interior state of Manding, of which some 
account will hereafter be given ; but, contrary to the present 
* In the Travels of Francis Moore the reader will find a pretty copious vocabu- 
lary of the Mandingo language, which in general is correct. 
