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been the Bonclou of Park, situated on the Upper 
Senegal, immediately to the east of Foota Torra. 
Job reported, indeed, that Tombuctoo lay on the 
opposite side of the river ; a statement, the cor- 
rectness of which is placed totally out of the ques- 
tion by the smallness of the interval intervening 
between it and the Gambia. Tombuctoo is appa- 
rently the European interpretation of some other 
city mentioned by Job, most probably Tambou- 
canee, noticed by Saugnier, as a mart for slaves 
and produce, about sixteen leagues above Gallam, 
Among the particulars obtained from Job re- 
specting the manners of the country, the following 
are the most worthy of notice. The people of 
Bunda are strict Mahometans, and the persons of 
distinction pique themselves on being well instruct- 
ed in the doctrines of their religion. They have 
not above thirty books, which are Arabic, and all 
relate to the Mahometan faith. The women are 
veiled still more closely than is usual in Musulman 
countries ; they even remain covered from their 
husbands for three years after marriage. Job, at 
leaving Africa, had not seen the face of a wife, to 
whom he had been two years united. The chief 
employment is agriculture, which is very laborious, 
as they have no instruments proper for it, and no 
means of reaping the grain, unless by pulling it 
up by the roots. Elephant hunting is generally 
practised, and produces a considerable quantity of 
