INTERIOR OF AFRICA. 
CHAPTER XXV I . 
The Caravan proceeds to Konkodoo, and crosses the Faleme 
River. — lis Arrival at Baniserile, Kij'wani, and Tambacunda. 
— Incidents on the Road. — A matrimonial Case. — Specimen of 
the Shea Tree* — The Caravan proceeds throng!) many Towns 
and Villages, and arrives at length on the Banks of the Gambia, 
— passes through Medina, the Capital of J-Voolli, and finally 
stops at Jindey. — The Author, accojnpanied by Karfa, proceeds 
to Pisania. — Various Occurrences previous to his Departure 
from Africa, — takes his Passage in an American Ship. — Short 
Account of his Voyage to Great Britain by the PVay of the West 
Indies. 
O N the 7th of May, we de|)arted from Malacotta, and having 
crossed the Ba lee, " Honey river," a branch of the Senegal, 
we arrived in the evening at a walled town called Bintingala ; 
where we rested two days. From thence, in one day more, 
we proceeded to Dindikoo, a small town situated at the bottom 
of a high ridge of hills, from which this district is named 
Konkodoo, " the hilly country." These hills are very produc- 
tive of gold. I was shewn a small quantity of this metal, 
which had been lately collected : the grains were about the 
usual size, but much flatter than those of Manding, and were 
