300 CURIOSITY TO SEE A WHITE MAN. 
he is!'' and then they repeated the compliments I had 
received over-night, adding, We never yet saw so white 
a man." They inquired of my guide, whether the colour 
of my skin was natural ; for these simple and quiet 
creatures, who never travel, have no idea of white men, 
beyond what they may happen to pick up from the 
Mandingo traders, who traverse their country. They are 
so frank, inoffensive, and hospitably generous to strangers, 
that, I think a christian might travel undisguised among 
them without encountering the slightest difficulty. 
