TRAVELS IN AFRICA, 
51 
On our arrival at Kayaye, we landed our 
men, animals, and baggage, and encamped on 
an elevated spot between the river and the 
town, which are distant from each other about 
half a quarter of a mile. 
Mr, Bellaby, a British merchant resident 
there, accommodated us with a large mud 
house, which served at the same time as quarters 
for the officers, and a store for some of our bag- 
gage. 
Kayaye is but a very small and insignificant 
village, and is remarkable for nothing but its si- 
tuation, and the residence of a Mulatto lady, 
who possesses considerable influence in the 
country. The town does not contain above fifty 
huts ; its inhabitants are all either relatives to, 
or dependants on Madame Eliza Tigh, whose 
name the place takes, being called by the na- 
tives Tigh Cunda, or the town of Tigh. The 
people of Kayaye, and the neighbouring towns, 
are a mixture of Mandingoes and Sousous ; the 
former from a country in the interior so called, 
and the latter from the south bank of the 
river. They are chiefly engaged in trade and 
agriculture, and are a very shrewd active race, 
subject to the king of Katoba, and professing the 
Mahomedan religion ; but I believe the greater 
proportion of them do so, not from any religious 
motive, but in order to ensure to themselves that 
