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RIO NUNEZ. 
costume, with my pockets filled with leaves torn out of the 
Koran, I embarked at Sierra-Leone on the 22nd of March, 
18275 f^J* I^io Nunez, on board the schooner Thomas. The 
wind being foul we did not arrive at the mouth of the Rio 
Nunez till the thirty-first of the month. I had here the 
good fortune to meet with a Frenchman of the name of 
Castagnet, who, though not acquainted with me, took me 
home with him, and promised that he would do all he could 
to forward my undertaking. He was then going to Rio 
Pongo, and as he was to be absent a fortnight, he begged me 
to defer my journey till he came back. I was glad to accede 
to this obliging request, for I was told that M. Castagnet 
owned one of the principal factories at Kakondy, where ca- 
ravans from the interior were arriving daily, and particularly 
from Kankan, a part of the country which I was particu- 
larly anxious to visit. I must confess that this meeting 
with M. Castagnet was a most fortunate circumstance for 
me, and that the generous hospitality which I enjoyed in his 
house during my stay at Kakondy merits my everlasting 
gratitude. 
On the 5th of April, I was conducted to Rebeca by 
Mr. Bethman, an Jlnglish merchant, the proprietor of an 
establishment near M. Castagnet's residence, and who had 
the kindness to introduce me to the presumptive heir of the 
Landamas, whose name is Macande. The king had been 
dead for some months, and they were waiting for the rainy 
season to chuse a successor. 
Mr. Tudsberry, who possesses a noble factory at the 
foot of the mountain, was so good as to accompany us to see 
the prince, who received us without ceremony in the corridor 
belonging to his house. This corridor is supported by 
pillars, and goes all round the premises » 
The prince was informed in the Landamas language of 
the object of my journey, and my wish to visit the almamy 
of Fouta-Dhialon. The prince of the Landamas is not a 
