58 TRAVELS IN THE 
east, and south, by Tenda, and the Simbani Wilderness ; on the 
south-west by Woolli ; on the west, by Foota Torra ; and on 
the north, by Kajaaga. 
The country, like that of Woolli, is very generally covered 
with woods, but the land is more elevated, and towards the 
Faleme river, rises into considerable hills. In native fertility 
the soil is not surpassed, I believe, by any part of Africa. 
From the central situation of Bondou, between the Gambia 
and Senegal rivers, it is become a place of great resort; both for 
the Slatees, who generally pass through it, in going from the 
coast to the interior countries ; and for occasional traders, who 
frequently come hither from the inland countries, to purchase 
salt. 
These different branches of commerce are conducted princi- 
pally by Mandingoes and Serawoollies, who have settled in the 
country. These merchants likewise carry on a considerable 
trade with Gedumah, and other Moorish countries, bartering 
corn and blue cotton clothes for salt ; which they again barter 
in Dentila and other districts for iron, shea-butter, and small 
quantities of gold-dust. They likewise sell a variety of sweet 
smelling gums packed up in small bags, containing each about a 
pound. These gums, being thrown on hot embers, produce a 
very pleasant odour, and are used by the Mandingoes for per- 
fuming their huts and clothes. 
The customs, or duties on travellers, are very heavy ; in al- 
most every town an ass load pays a bar of European merchan- 
dize, and at Fatteconda, the residence of the king, one Indian 
baft, or a musket, and six bottles of gunpowder, are exacted as 
