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COLONI. 
On the 21st of February, at six o'clock in the morning, 
we took a N. E. direction, and proceeded five miles and 
a half, the caravan still observing the same order as before. 
The soil was similar to that we had passed over for several 
preceding days, except that it was a little more gravelly. 
The surrounding country is well cropped with millet, and 
I observed some rhammis lotus. At ten in the morning we 
arrived at Coloni, a little village situated in a beautiful, fer- 
tile and well cultivated plain, surrounded by a great number 
of large bombaces. On my arrival, I seated myself on the 
ground in the shade of a tree under which there were some 
female traders, from whom I bought some boiled pistachios 
for my breakfast, to which I added some cakes. While I 
w^as taking my frugal repast, I was accosted by a Foulah of 
Massina, whom I had seen at Sanasso. He seated himself 
beside me on the ground, and several of his comrades soon 
followed his example. This negro already knew all about 
me, and he related my history to the rest. He told them that 
I was a sherif, and that I had come from amongst chris- 
tians, for whom they testified the greatest aversion. After 
annoying me by their teazing questions, they advised me, 
when I arrived at Jenne, to visit Sego Ahmadou, who would 
certainly give me some handsome presents and a guide to 
conduct me to my native country. All these Foulahs were 
settled at Coloni, and were natives of Massina, a country 
situated a little to the north of Jenne. The village of Coloni 
is the first of those of which Sego Ahmadou is chief, 
and it forms part of the little kingdom of Jenne. This 
country was conquered from the Bambaras by the Foulahs. 
Sego Ahmadou has erected mosques here. The Bambaras, 
who do not profess the Mahometan religion, pay a small 
tribute to the chief : there are many Mandingoes settled in 
this country, where they are usually called laulas, Diaulas, 
or lolas; they are the principal traders. The Foulahs who 
inhabit this country follow no occupation but the duties 
