202 VILLAGES IN F O U T A-D H I A L O N. 
than those made on the banks of the Senegal. I even 
saw some that were very well glazed. We proceeded 
three miles towards the east^ crossing very deep ravines. 
Along all the road I saw troops of monkeys^ which leaped 
from tree to tree^ and barked after us like dogs. We arrived 
at Dimayara, the first village of the Fouta-Dhialon^ inhabited 
by Mandingoes. It contains a population of from seven to 
eight hundred. It is situated at the foot of a chain of moun- 
tains extending from N. to S. S. E. These mountains are not 
very high. They are composed of granite, and are destitute 
of vegetation. The village of Faramansa is a little to the left 
of Dimayrara. We proceeded for three miles to the east 
among the gorges of the mountains. Near the village of 
Sela I saw many Mandingoes engaged in tanning hides. 
Pursuing the same route, we arrived near an ouronde, or 
slave- village, where I bought some pistachios. At the dis- 
tance of two miles and a half from Sela, we descended a 
hill covered with large rocks of granite. We sat down for 
a moment, to wait for some of our comrades who had lagged 
behind. We afterwards proceeded over a level soil, com- 
posed of very hard sand. I passed near an enormous rock 
of black granite, from a hundred to a hundred and twenty- 
five fathoms in height, without any kind of vegetation, 
except upon the summit, where I saw some slender bamboos. 
This rock rises in the midst of a plain of very fertile grey 
sand, producing rice, maize, millet, pistachios, yams, onions, 
and giraumons. We passed near Kouroufi, which has its 
name from the rock that I have just described. It is a large 
village, containing between five and six hundred inhabitants, 
Foulahs and Mandingoes. This village forms part of Kan- 
kan-Fodea, a little province of Fouta-Dhialon. At five 
o'clock in the evening we arrived at Sanguessa, a little village, 
five miles from the place where I had bought the pistachios. 
We had constantly travelled over a very level soil composed 
of grey sand, in a S. E. direction. Two of our companions 
