3 C Z°Z THE AFRICAN ASSOCIATION, 
quantities of butter ; but, like all the other inha- 
bitants of Africa, are entirely ignorant of the art 
of making cheese. Their aversion to innovation, 
the heat of the climate, and the scarcity of salt, are 
circumstances which prevent its introduction. If 
they discover that a person boils milk, to whom 
they have sold it, they never sell him any more, 
from a superstitious idea that it prevents the cow 
from yielding it. Their horses, which are of the A- 
rabian breed, mixed with the original African, are ex- 
cellent. The Foulahs are expert and intrepid hunt- 
ers, and kill lions, tigers, elephants, and other wild 
beasts, with their muskets and poisoned arrows. 
In poisoning their arrows, they take the leaves of a 
shrub, tenned koona, which is a species of echites, 
common in the woods, and, by boiling them in 
water, procure a black juice, in which they dip 
a cotton thread, and fasten round the barbs of the 
arrow. 
The districts along the Gambia, and stretch- 
ing thence into the interior, were soon perceiv- 
ed to be the quarter by which the Niger, and 
the countries along its banks, could be most effec- 
tually explored. In 1791, this country was tra- 
versed by the brave but unfortunate Major Hough- 
ton, who first, after the death of Ledyard, and the 
return of Lucas, attempted to explore Africa, ac- 
cording to the plan of the African Association. 
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