344 mk park's first journey. 
parted from Kemmoo, and proceeded with an es- 
cort to Funingkedy, where he had an opportunity 
of observing the hardiness of the Moors, five of 
whom, armed with muskets, drove off a number of 
cattle belonging to the inhabitants, and passed 
within pistol-shot of 500 of the townsmen, collect- 
ed under the walls, who scarcely made a shew of 
resistance. One of the herdsmen, whose leg was 
fractured by a shot, died in the hands of the Bush- 
reens, who attempted to smuggle him into Para- 
dise, by teaching him, before his exit, to pronounce 
the Mahometan confession of faith, There is but 
one God, and Mahomet is his prophet. His dis- 
consolate mother only exclaimed, " He never told 
" a lie but the spectators formed a dismal 
chorus of screams and groans. Mr Park was re- 
garded as a cannibal, for proposing the operation 
of amputation. 
On the road between Kemmoo and Funingkedy, 
Mr Park first observed the negroes gathering torn- 
berongs, or the berries of the Rhamnus lotus. The 
lotus is common in all the negro kingdoms, and is 
found on the Gambia, but it is in the sandy soil of 
Kaarta, Ludamar, and the northern districts of 
Bambara, that it is most abundant. There the na- 
tives collect the small farinaceous berries, which are 
of a yellow colour and delicious taste, and, by dry- 
ing them in the sun, pounding them in a mortar, 
and forming them into a paste with water* com- 
