CHIEF OF KANKAN. 
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superintend their slaves. Lamfia lodged me in one of his 
huts, with a Foulah, who travelled with us, and had come to 
Kankan to exchange cloth for salt. On Lamfia' s arrival, all 
his family ran to greet him, for he had been absent a con- 
siderable time. He called for milk, some of which he gave 
to me. During the whole of the evening, people thronged to 
Lamfia's yard to see the Arab sherif. 1 was visited by 
several Mandingoes of rank, and by a good old Moor, who 
had been settled in the place for some time. 1 did not go 
out of my hut for three days, as 1 wished to recover from my 
fatigue. I also took some doses of sulphate of quinine. 
On the 10th, I went, accompanied by Lamfia and some 
old men, to wait upon the chief, whom the Mandingoes of 
this part of Africa call Dougou-tigui. He had already been 
informed of my arrival. He received me kindly, and made 
me sit down on a bullock's hide. I solicited his permission 
to pass through his country on my way to Jenne, and he 
replied that he would order me to be conducted thither on 
the first occasion. I allowed Lamfia to speak for me, for 
I could only express myself very imperfectly in the language 
of the country, and he related very circumstantially the 
stories I had circulated respecting the way in which I had 
been taken by the christians. The old chief, whose name 
was Mamadi-Sanici, was the father of the Mandingo who 
had so kindly helped me out of my scrape with the Bondouke 
at Sancougnan. x^fter taking leave of the chief we returned 
home. My guide had ordered a bull's hide to be laid down 
in my hut. This served for my bed, and, besides a jar 
containing foigne, it was the only furniture in the place. 
When any suspicious persons in the village asserted that 
I was a christian, and that I was not at all like a Moor, 
Lamfia warmly took my part, and became very angry with 
those who sought to injure me. He was particularly kind to 
me. We ate our meals together, and twice a day we were 
served with a good mess of rice, with a sauce composed of 
