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capital of Bambarra ; Manda is Manding, and 
Bowriah seems to be Boori, adjacent to Manding ; 
Susundoo is probably Sansanding, while Genah is 
Genne. At the distance of thirty days journey 
from Teemboo, the road was said to lie along a 
great water, across which the eye could not reach, 
which was sweet and good to the taste. At Laby, 
the travellers were received with the utmost hos- 
pitality by the chief subordinate to the king of the 
Foulahs, who offered to send one of his sons to be 
educated in England, and one of the chief Mara- 
bouts seemed inclined to follow his example. From 
Laby, they advanced 7^ miles towards the interior, 
and arrived at Teemboo, the capital of Foota Jallo, 
which contains 7000 inhabitants. At Teemboo 
they remained fourteen days, and held various con- 
versations with the king, and with many of the 
chiefs, through the intervention of their interpret- 
er. The kingdom of Foota Jallo is about 350 
miles from east to west, and 200 from north to 
south. The climate is good, the soil is stony and 
dry ; about one-third is extremely fertile, and pro- 
duces rice and maize, which the women cultivate, 
and the men carry to market, in loads of If cwt. 
which rise four feet above their heads. In some 
of these trading journeys they carry provisions 
along with them for eight weeks. Their cattle, 
horses, mules, asses, sheep, and goats, pasture on 
the hilly grounds,, which contain considerable quan- 
