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predecessors, was not doomed to see his projects 
realized, and died at Sierra Leone, after a few 
days' illness. 
Foota Jallon, of which Teembo is the capital, 
is a country of considerable extent, lying be- 
tween the Sierra Leone and Gambia rivers. When 
it was in the possession of the aboriginal inhabit- 
ants, the Jallonkeas, it bore the name of Jallonk, 
which has been gradually softened into Jallo, to 
which was prefixed the name of Foota, signify- 
ing together the Foolahs of Jallo, or Foota Jallo. 
The Jallonkeas are now subject to the Foolahs, 
who conquered the country, under the direction 
of a family from Massina, consisting of the fa- 
ther, two sons, and a few followers. One of 
the sons was a Mahomedan priest, and gradually 
gained such influence among the Jallonkeas, 
that he converted many of them to his own 
faith, and by means of his wealth (of which he 
is said to have possessed much), strongly at- 
tached them to his interest. A few years en- 
abled them to make so many converts to their 
religion, and their riches procured them so much 
favor, that they planned and carried into exe- 
cution the subjugation of the Jallonkeas, at least 
of such as would not embrace the Mahomedan 
faith 'y and the usurpation of the supreme go- 
vernment of their country, the first exercise of 
which was, to oblige those who still adhered to 
