CONTENTS 
OF THE FIRST VOLUME. 
CHAPTER I. 
Page 
Pedestrian jonrney from St. Louis to Neyreh. — Passage to 
N'ghiez. — Manners of the inhabitants. — Miraculous stone. 
— Departure. — Robbers. — Mode of fishing with nets. — 
The steam-vessel. — The author's arrival among the 
Braknas. — Conversation with Mohammed Sidy Moctar, 
chief Marabout to the king-. — Reception by the king. . . 21 
CHAPTER H. 
The author is forced to turn physician. — Distrust of the 
Moors. — Description of the camp of King Lam Khat^. — 
Schools. — Amusement of the women 49 
CHAPTER III. 
Method of cultivating and using millet. — Character of the 
Hassanes or warriors. — The Balanites ^gyptiaca, its fruit, 
method of extracting oil from it. — Quarrel excited by a 
woman. — Manner of protecting oneself from cold in the 
tents. — Method of collecting gum. — Marriages of the 
Marabouts, and of the Hassanes. — Inheritance of property. 
— Method of tanning leather. — Dress of the Moors. . . 79 
CHAPTER IV. 
Difficulty in going to market.— Oxen stolen by a neighbour- 
ing tribe. — The Ramadan. — Circumcision. — The feast of 
Tabasky. — Gum trade with the Europeans. — Author's 
return to St. Louis Ill 
