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ceive that first love would carry the day. Lemina was indeed 
somewhat older than his rival, but he was also much richer. 
What weight this circumstance had in the scale of his wife's 
affections, I pretend not to say. 
On the morning of the 26th, as we departed from Tambacunda, 
Karfa observed to me, that there were no Shea trees farther to 
the westward than this town. I had collected and brought 
with me from Mahding the leaves and flowers of this tree ; 
but they were so greatly bruised on the road that I thought 
it best to gather another specimen at this place; and accord- 
ingly collected that from which the annexed engraving is 
taken. The appearance of the fruit evidently places the Shea 
tree in the natural order of sapota^ and it has some resem- 
blance to t\\Q madhuca tree, described by Lieutenant Charles 
Hamilton, in the Asiatic Researches, Vol. I. p, 300. About one 
o'clock, we reached Sibikillin, a walled village, but the inhabi- 
tants having the character of inliospitality towards strangers, 
and of being much addicted to theft, we did not think proper 
to enter the gate. We rested a short time under a tree, 
and then continued our route until it was dark, when we 
halted for the night by a small stream running towards the 
Gambia. Next day the road led over a wild and rocky coun- 
try, every where rising into hills, and abounding with monkeys 
and wild beasts. In the rivulets among the hills, we found 
great plenty of fish. This was a very hard day's journey, and 
it was not until sunset, that we reached the village of Koomboo, 
near to which are the ruins of a large town formerly destroyed 
by war. The inhabitants of Koomboo, like those of Sibikillin, 
