36% mr park's first journey. 
ish subjects, though Mr Park had no accurate me- 
thod of estimating their population. The troops 
of Ludamar receive no pay, except what they de- 
rive from plunder. Their horses are excellent, 
and are often purchased by the negro chiefs at the 
rate of fourteen slaves. The dress of the Moors 
is similar to that of the negroes, and only distin- 
guished by the turban, which is none of the least 
obvious characteristics of a Mahometan. Length 
of beard is venerated as a mark of Arabian extrac- 
tion. Mr Park's beard, which the Moors seemed 
to regard as too good a beard for a Christian, was 
the only circumstance in his person or character 
which excited their approbation. Capital punish- 
ments are seldom inflicted in Ludamar, except up- 
on the negroes. The Moors spend the day chief- 
ly in conversing about their horses, or planning 
depredations on the negro villages. As the king's 
tent is the chief public place, they often amuse 
themselves by chanting songs of adulation in his 
praise. It cannot be denied, that, in every na- 
tion, that quality which causes revolutions, which 
elevates and destroys the works of men, which con- 
stitutes and abolishes laws, which founds, and 
which undermines empires and kingdoms, force, 
which predominates in human affairs, has been 
more frequently the subject of the poet's panegyric, 
than any of the mild and useful virtues. Every 
nation applauds those qualities that are useful to 
