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were natives of Sanguessa. They were moreover friends of 
my guide's, which procured us the adv^antage of becoming the 
guests of the chief. He gave us a good hut, and ordered a 
number of mats to be spread in his court-yard, on which we 
seated ourselves to converse till supper time. The conver- 
sation turned chiefly on me, and afterwards various questions 
were asked respecting the journey of the Mandingoes to 
Kakondy, About ten at night, our two friends sent us some 
supper, at which J played my part, for I had eaten nothing all 
day, excepting some pistachios and a little of the fruit of 
the nede steeped in water. The chief also sent us a supper 
of rice and sour milk, to which he added by way of luxury a 
little butter. During the evening Mamadi, one of our com- 
panions, introduced me to his wife, and brought all his little 
children to see me. The neighbours were also admitted. 
They crowded round me and gazed at me with curiosity. 
Mamadi, being acquainted with the story which I had in- 
vented, took pleasure in relating it to them, and added that 
I was a Souloca-tigui (a real Arab.) He then showed me 
over his little habitation. In the garden I observed some 
feet of ground planted with tobacco and gombo, which his 
wife had cultivated in his absence. This little village con- 
tains from three to four hundred inhabitants. 
The whole of the morning of the 1 0th of May was occu- 
pied in paying visits to the friends of my guide. About ten 
o'clock 1 was sent for by the elders of the village : I was 
taken in front of the mosque, where I saw a great assem- 
blage of Mandingoes ; they were seated on the ground 
around two large calabashes, filled with little cakes, or hand- 
fuls of bruised rice, moistened with water, and covered with 
red and white colat-nuts. I seated myself on a sheep- skin 
which was offered me. I thought, at first, that the generous 
Mandingoes intended to make me a present; but I was 
egregiously mistaken. The conversation turned on my resi- 
dence among the christians, concerning whom they enter- 
