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M A N U F A C T U R E S. 
J should have perished during my iUness, if I had not pos- 
sessed wherewithal to pay for my food ; and for my per- 
sonal security 1 was indebted to my disguise. They all 
manifested the most decided aversion to the name of chris- 
tian ; for they entertain the very worst idea of us. How- 
ever, they are not altogether devoid of sensibility : they 
pay much attention to their countrymen in sickness, and 
even to those of their own religion. It must be remember- 
ed that I was to them an indifferent being, and yet, some 
of them evinced sincere compassion for me. I however, 
experienced more hospitality and less annoyance among the 
Foulahs than from the Mandingoes. 
When a negro enters the house of a chief or a man of 
quality, he leaves his sandals at the door, and announces 
himself, by repeating three times Sala7n aUkoum. This for- 
mality is not observed towards their equals until after the 
door is closed. 
Earthen pots are not manufactured at Time, but are 
procured from the Bambaras, who barter them for salt and 
colat-nuts : all these pots are of an oval shape, and I have 
seen some of them from eighteen to twenty inches deep: 
they are of a grey colour and not so well made as in the Kan- 
kan and the Wassoulo. The women employ their leisure 
moments in spinning cotton, from which is manufactured a 
kind of coloured cloth; this cloth is exchanged on the road 
to Jenne for cowries, the money with which they purchase 
salt. The Mandingoes of Time do not live as well as those of 
Kankan and the Fouta. Like the Bambaras they eat ail kinds 
of quadrupeds, except cats and dogs. My host Baba had 
three slaves, only one of whom, was able to work. The 
other two, and especially a little boy, were treated with harsh- 
ness, because they were unable to make themselves useful. 
He was therefore obliged to employ day-labourers. The peo- 
ple of Time are not so neat in their dress as the inhabitants 
of the Fouta and the Kankan, but they are better clothed 
