620 THE AFRICAN ASSOCIATION. 
would not trade with guns, powder, and cloth, for 
any articles except slaves. Similar conversations 
were held with the king of the Foulahs, and seve- 
ral of the chiefs. The king declared, that he 
would renounce the slave-trade, if a trade in native 
produce could be established. One of the chiefs, 
who defended the religious wars, admitted, that, if 
the Foulahs could procure European goods with- 
out making war, he would believe that God would 
be offended ; but as this was impossible, God could 
not be angry, especially when the book desired them 
to make war on nations that would not serye him. 
The travellers replied, that though there were many 
good things in the booh, yet the devil had certainly 
inserted that passage, for God was so good and 
merciful, that he must hate men who destroyed 
their fellow-creatures ; and that the Foulahs ought 
to instruct those who were more ignorant than 
themselves. They learned, however, that the wars 
of Teemboo had ceased, since the wars of Europe 
had checked the slave-trade. They recommended 
the use of the plough in cultivation, which had 
never been heard of in the Foul ah country ; and 
the king offered to furnish any European with land, 
cattle, and men, who should settle among them. 
From Teemboo, Messrs Watt and Winterbottom 
returned by a different route, escorted by a strong 
body of Foulahs, sent by the king. When they ar- 
rived at the borders of the Suzee country, the 
