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opened shop in great style, and exhibited a choice assort- 
ment of European articles to be sold in wholesale or retail. 
I had of course great run, which I suppose drew on me 
the envy of my brother merchants ; for the Jinnie people, 
the Moors, and the merchants here joined with those 
of the same description at Sego, and (in presence of 
Modibinne, from whose mouth I had it) offered to give 
Mansong a quantity of merchandize of greater value than 
all the presents I had made him, if he would seize our 
baggage, and either kill us, or send us back again out 
of Bambarra. They alleged, that my object was to kill 
Maiisong and his sons by means of charms, that the white 
people might come and seize on the country. Mansong, 
much to his honour, rejected the proposal, though it was 
seconded by two-thirds of the people of Sego, and almost 
all Sansanding. 
From the 8th to the 16th nothing of consequence 
occurred, I found my shop every day more and more 
crowded with customers ; and such was my run of busi- 
ness, that I was sometimes forced to employ three tellers 
at once to count my cash. I turned one market day 
twenty-five thousand seven hundred and fifty-six pieces of 
money (cowries.) 
■ The second day after my arrival at Marraboo, as no 
accounts whatever had arrived concerning Mr. Scott, I sent 
