INTERIOR OF AFRICA. 3^1 
over my head. About two o'clock the messenger returned 
from Malacotta ; and the schoolmaster's elder brother being 
impatient to see him, came along with the messenger to meet 
him at this village. The interview between the two brothers, 
who had not seen each other for nine years, was very natural 
and affecting. They fell upon each other's neck, and it was 
sometime before either of them could speak. At length, when 
the schoolmaster had a little recovered himself, he took his 
brother by the hand, and turning round, " This is the man" 
(said he, pointing to Karfa) " who has been my father in 
" Manding ; I would have pointed him out sooner to you, but 
44 my heart was too full." 
We reached Malacotta in the evening, where we were well 
received. This is an un walled town ; the huts for the most part 
are made of split cane, twisted into a sort of wicker-work, and 
plastered over with mud. Here we remained three days, and 
were each day presented with a bullock from the schoolmaster ; 
we were likewise well entertained by the townspeople, who 
appear to be very active and industrious. They make very 
good soap, by boiling ground nuts in water, and then adding 
a ley of wood ashes. They likewise manufacture excellent 
iron, which they carry to Bondou to~ barter for salt. A party 
of the townspeople had lately returned from a trading expedi- 
tion of this kind, and brought information concerning a war 
between Almami Abdulkader, King of Foota Torra, and Darnel 
King of the JalofFs. The events of this war soon became a- 
favourite subject with the singing men, and the common topic 
of conversation in all the kingdoms bordering upon the Senegal 
