CONTENTS. 
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CHAPTER X. 
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Further account of Kankan and its environs.— Council of 
elders. — State of trade, and civilization. — Kissi. — Bour^. 
— Trade between Bour^ and Bamako, Yamina, S^go, 
Sansanding, and Jenn^.— Working of gold mines. — Esta- 
blishment of Bamako.— Passage of the Milo, and several 
other tributary rivers of the Dhioliba. ...... 280 
CHAPTER XI. 
Wassoulo. — Manners and customs of the inhabitants. — 
Flourishing state of agricultural industry. — Hospitality. — 
Kankary. — Sambatikila. — Reflections on the sale of slaves. 
—Scarcity. — Description of the residence of the Almamy. 
— Commerce. — Smith*s work. — Bambara villages. — 
Arrival at Tim^. — Ranges of mountains. . . . . . ,801 
CHAPTER XII. 
Abode at Tim^. — Weekly market. — The traveller falls 
seriously ill of the scurvy. — Is nursed by a negress. — 
Rainy season, — The author prevented from joining the 
caravan departing for Jenne. — Fertility of the neighbour- 
hood of Tim^. — Desperate condition of the traveller. —His 
recovery after four months' illness. — Description of a 
funeral 32 1 
CHAPTER XIII. 
Description of Tim^ and its environs. — Character, manners, 
and customs of the inhabitants. — Period of circumcision 
for males, and excision for females. — Manufactures, trade, 
and agriculture. — Indigenous plants. — Diseases. . . . 345 
CHAPTER XIV. 
Departure from Tim^, January gth, 1829. — The name of 
Kong, applied by Mungo Park to a chain of mountains, 
is a generic term. — Use of bells in caravans. — Loubakho. 
— Cacoron. — Dancing and music of the Bambaras. — 
Sananso. — Dhio. — The oil palm-tree. — Tal6. — Customs of 
the inhabitants. — Borandou. — Grotesque mask. — Tangrera S6l 
