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GRx\NlTE MOUNTAINS. 
clear streams, flowing over beds of pebbles. They wind 
among the small hillocks, and seem to quit those enchanting 
scenes with regret. The hamlets are inhabited by agricultu- 
ral slaves. 
We entered the passes of the mountains, which are five 
or six hundred feet high, and covered with large trees, among 
which I observed the nede and the caura, or plum-tree of 
this country. The soil is composed of very rich grey sand, 
mixed with gravel. I remarked likewise some blocks of white 
quartz. My attention was arrested alternately by the cries 
of large red monkeys from two feet to two feet and a half in 
height, and the warbling of a multitude of birds whose plu- 
mage exhibits an endless variety of colours. We descended 
into a plain composed of very productive black mould, 
watered by a little stream, which, I was told, after many 
windings empties itself into the Senegal, The natives call 
it the Telonco. It takes its rise in the neighbourhood of a 
high mountain, which we had much trouble in ascending. 
Having crossed it, we arrived at Bougnetery, a slave vil- 
lage where we rested a short time, having proceeded four 
miles and a half to the S. E. 
Continuing our journey, we turned a little mountain 
composed of beautiful black granite, and destitute of any kind 
of vegetation. A little to the E. S. E. we saw some 
villages in the distance : the country was covered with pastu- 
rage, which being watered by small streams grows luxuriant- 
ly. These streamlets flow on into the valleys amongst 
blocks of beautiful black granite. We met a Moor, with 
whom I conversed for a short time. He asked me some 
questions respecting the whites, and congratulated me on my 
determination to return to the religion of my fathers. We 
descended into a plain and proceeded three miles to the E. 
S. E. The country still presented the same aspect. At 
half past four in the afternoon, we arrived very much fa- 
tigued at Foudedia, We passed the night at the village and 
