374 MR park's first journey. 
ferent from that of Bambarra, termed by the ne- 
groes Jenne Kummo, and by the Moors Kalam 
Souda?i 9 begins to be spoken ; but the merchants 
of the east use languages which are quite unknown. 
At Silla, Mr Park saw quivers and arrows of cu- 
rious workmanship, which had come from Oassina. 
On the south of Ginbala lies the extensive negro 
kingdom of Gotto, the capital of which is named 
Moosee, after a chief who had the address to unite 
the petty states into which the country was former- 
ly subdivided, in a confederacy against Bambarra. 
Being appointed general, he embarked a fleet of 
canoes on the lake Dibbie, and, sailing up the 
Niger, took Jenne by storm, and forced the king 
of Bambarra to sue for peace, which was granted 
on condition of paying an annual tribute of slaves ; 
and Moosee, returning to Gotto, was declared 
king of the country. On the west of Gotto lies 
Baedoo, which is tributary to Bambarra. On the 
west of Baedoo lies Maniana, the inhabitants of 
which have been engaged in frequent hostilities 
with the Bambarrans, and are represented by them 
as cruel ferocious cannibals, who never give quar- 
ter to their enemies. 
From Silla, Mr Park returned by the same 
route, as the road along the southern bank of the 
Niger was represented as impassable, from the 
swampy grounds inundated, and the creeks flood- 
ed by the periodical rains, As he could not al* 
