DISCOVERIES OF THE ENGLISH. Q%\ 
rdn away and hid themselves ; but, on obtaining a 
glance at some strings of beads, they became soon 
more accessible. These, like the others, were " all 
" for salt -/* but, unfortunately, Jobson's slender 
stock was now exhausted. On both sides of the 
river, the commodities offered in exchange were 
gold, ivory, and hides ; the latter of which, how- 
ever, was too bulky to be taken on board the boat. 
Meantime, the English experienced every degree 
of cordiality and attention from Buckar Sano, whose 
zeal was doubtless rendered more fervent by his 
being the agent in all their trade, and enjoying a 
per centage on every transaction. On the 8th of 
February, he invited them to the king's residence, 
in order to be present at a ceremony of peculiar 
import. They found his majesty in the open air, 
with a fire of reeds, and his grandees seated round 
him on mats. Buckar Sano then stripped himself 
naked, and lay down at full length upon the ground ; 
whereupon " divers Marybucks" collected earth, 
and covered him entirely over. Buckar took up a 
quantity of the earth, and threw it into Jobson's 
lap : after which he rose, and stepping a little aside, 
dressed himself in his best clothes. Then he and 
his attendants successively having taken up a bow 
and arrow, after making an appearance of shooting, 
came and laid them down before our traveller. 
The purport of all this ceremony was explained to 
be, that the king had made an entire cession to 
