INTERIOR OF AFRICA. 5 
a wild and unsociable race of people ; their country, which is 
of considerable extent, abounds in rice ; and the natives supply 
the traders, both on the Gambia, and Cassamansa rivers, with 
that article, and also with goats and poultry, on very reasonable 
terms. The honey which they collect is chiefly used by them- 
selves in making a strong intoxicating liquor, much the same as 
the mead which is produced from honey in Great Britain. 
In their traffic with Europeans, the Feloops generally employ 
a factor, or agent, of the Mandingo nation, who speaks a little 
English, and is acquainted with the trade of the river. This 
broker makes the bargain ; and, with the connivance of the 
European, receives a certain part only of the payment ; which 
he gives to his employer as the whole ; the remainder (which is 
very truly called the cheating money) he receives when the 
Feloop is gone, and appropriates to himself, as a reward for his 
trouble. 
The language of the Feloops is appropriate and peculiar ; and 
as their trade is chiefly conducted, as hath been observed, by 
Mandingoes, the Europeans have no inducement to learn iL. 
The numerals are as follow : 
One 
Two 
Three 
Four 
Five 
Six 
Seven 
Enory. 
Sickaba, or Cookaba. 
Sisajee. 
Sibakeer. 
Footuck. 
Footuck-E?io?y. 
Footuck- Cookaba* 
