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to agree with the description of them given by the inhabit- 
ants of Kankan^ that is to say^ to be exceedingly mild in 
their manners. They are pagans. The men use large pipes^ 
with a tube as thick as a man's little finger^ and three feet 
long ; they are of earthenware, of a grey colour, and very 
well glazed ; the bowl is as big as a coffee-cup, and the de- 
signs upon them were so well executed that I could scarcely 
believe that they had been made in the country; the evidence 
was so strong, however, that I was at last convinced. The 
inhabitants were very inquisitive, and wanted to know who 1 
was, and whither I was going ; but they did not teaze me. 
They are naturally lively, and amuse themselves under the 
great bombaces, where I saw all the young people assembled; 
they had a band of music, such as I had not before met with; 
twenty musicians were performing at once, upon separate 
instruments, several of which were made of wood, hollowed, 
and covered with sheep-skin. Mungo Park found a similar 
musical instrument amongst the Mandingoes to the north 
of the Dhioliba, which he describes as being made of an 
elephant's tusk ; these, however, were of wood ; they are 
twelve to fourteen inches long, and in the shape of a very 
straight horn ; at the narrow end there is a hole on one side 
to blow into ; and they produce very harmonious tones with 
this instrument. They have also a great drum and a tam- 
bourine, made of a small calabash, covered with sheep- skin, 
with iron rings round the rim, which make an agreeable 
jingling. Two little negroes, gaily dressed, with plumes on 
their heads, were jumping in cadence, and accompanied the 
music by striking two pieces of iron together ; they were 
dressed almost hke the little French tumblers. 
The leaders of the band of musicians wore cloaks adorned 
with Guinea fowl's feathers, and they had ostrich plumes on 
their heads; many of them were shaking, in cadence, a 
round calabash, with a handle six inches long, and covered 
with net- work, containing some large beans, which, in spite 
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