MR PARK'S FIRST JOURNEY. 333 
on the 8th, arrived at Kolor, in N. lat. 13° 49', 
near the entrance of which he saw the dress of 
Mumbo-Jumbo hanging upon a tree. Passing 
through Tambacunda and Kooniakary, he reached 
Koojar, the frontier town of Woolli, on the 1 1th, 
and hired three elephant hunters to accompany 
him as guides through the wilderness, which sepa- 
rates that kingdom from Bondou. In the even- 
ing, he was invited to be a spectator of a wrestling 
match, at the Bentang. The contest was regulated 
by the music of a drum ; the combatants were on- 
ly clothed in a short pair of drawers, and anoint- 
ed with oil or shea-butter ; they approached bend- 
ing low, parrying with their hands, and attempting 
to catch at the knees. This method of wrestling is 
similar to that which is practised in many places 
of Scotland and Wales, and seems to have been 
used in Syria at a very ancient period, as appears 
from a circumstance narrated in the history of 
Jacob. Next morning, one of his guides, who 
had received part of his wages in advance, had 
absconded, and, in order to prevent the other two 
from following his example, Mr Park immediate- 
ly departed, and entered the wilderness. His at- 
tendants having prepared a saphie, or charm, to 
avert misfortune, advanced with courage, and 
soon arrived at a large tree, decorated with in- 
numerable scraps of cloth, as custom had direct- 
ed every traveller, who desired a fortunate jour- 
