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TRAVELS IN AFRICA. 
made use of with propriety, in describing the 
exploits of a horde of plunderers, whose chief 
object is invariably the obtaining of slaves, for 
whom they always find a market, either with the 
travelling merchants of the country, or the Se- 
negal vessels at Galam. 
WooUi, Tenda, Dentilla, and Bambouk, are the 
frequent scenes of these unnatural depredations, 
and in their turn often furnish Almamy with 
ample means of procuring supplies of arms, am- 
munition horses, and the different articles of Eu- 
ropean merchandize in demand in his dominions. 
To the frequency of these predatory excursions, 
and the insecure nature of the lives and proper- 
ties of the inhabitants in consequence, may be 
attributed, in a great degree, the desertion of 
many of the frontier towns in those states, and 
their subsequent occupation by the Bondoo 
people, who of late years have extended their 
dominions considerably in these directions. 
Bondoo in its turn has often been attacked 
by its more powerful neighbours, and suffered 
dreadfully, but an instance of retaliation on the 
part of those weak states rarely occurs. 
Many of the natives of Kayaye, Joloff, and 
Woolli, have settled in Bondoo, and embraced 
the Mahomedan faith. Their towns are chiefly on 
the western frontier, and are preeminent for their 
extent, riches, and productive cultivation. The 
