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ivory for trade. Both in war and hunting, they 
make use of arrows poisoned, by being dipped in the 
juice of a certain herb. Job asserted, in the most 
positive manner, that the Senegal and Gambia flow- 
ed always parallel to each other, and never united ; 
a correct statement, which met little credit in Eu- 
rope, on account of the opposite geographical sys- 
tem, which was there universally established. 
We come now to the travels of Moore, who, 
though he did not penetrate so deep into the interior 
as some of those already mentioned ; yet, from the 
length of his residence, and his intimate commu- 
nication with the natives, collected, on the whole, 
more information respecting this part of Africa, 
than any traveller prior to Park. He was employ- 
ed by the African Company as their factor, or su- 
perintendent, at the different trading stations on 
the Gambia, and in travelling from one to the 
other, had ample opportunities of observing what- 
ever was most worthy of notice throughout this' 
region. He begins with giving some account of 
the nations who inhabit its banks, particularly of 
the Foulahs, whom he terms Pholeys. He men- 
tions them in much more respectful terms than 
Jobson. According to him, they are a truly meri- 
torious and industrious race ; and " to have a Pho- 
" ley town in the neighbourhood, is by the natives 
*' reckoned a blessing." Their villages form a spe- 
