fit DISCOVERIES OF THE ENGLISH. 
on the subject, and at first did not even name it. 
A small quantity, however, being produced, some 
peculiar emotion was doubtless visible ; for the Afri- 
can immediately began to give pompous descrip- 
tions of the abundance in which it was produced, 
and of the countries from which it was conveyed. 
He assured Jobson, that he himself had been in a 
city, the roofs of which were covered with gold. 
The captain eagerly inquiring the position of this 
African Eldorado, was informed, that it was situ^ 
ated far to the south, at the distance of four moons 
(months' journey.) The reported length of the 
journey at first startled Jobson; but, on considering 
the slow rate of travelling in this part of Africa, 
he began to calculate, that the golden city might 
be placed at no inaccessible distance. 
■ Meantime, the report of the arrival of white men 
with European commodities, was spread throughout 
the country ; and vast multitudes flocked from 
every quarter, impelled partly by curiosity, and 
partly by the desire of trading. They quickly 
erected for themselves hovels with the branches of 
-trees ; so that this spot, which had before been a 
complete desert, had now the appearance of a little 
city. At the same time, there appeared on the op- 
posite bank five hundred men and women, almost 
savages, clothed only with skins of beasts girt round 
them, " the tails hanging as from the beasts." 
The women, having never seen a white man, at first 
