TRAVELS IN AFRICA. 
17th, moved towards the river, where a canoe 
was to be in readiness to conduct them to Ba- 
makoo. He reached Cumeney on the south 
bank of the Niger (having crossed it in canoes) 
on the 18th February, and on the same day 
ascended the river, then nearly half a mile 
wide. 
In their progress they were much impeded by 
the falls, which had then very little water on 
them ; and having passed several towns on each 
bank, reached Kooli-Korro on the 20th, and 
arrived at Manaboogoo, at noon on the Slst. 
The population of Kooli-Korro, which is a 
considerable town, is entirely composed of mur- 
derers, thieves, and runaway slaves, who live 
there exempt from the punishment their crimes 
merit in consequence of their wearing about 
their persons, a stone (taken from a hill in the 
vicinity of the town), and which, from a super- 
stitious belief amongst the Bambarras, would 
immediately kill any one who should touch them; 
and such is the dread entertained of this place, 
that the very name must not be mentioned in 
presence of the king. 
As the river was not at that season navigable 
any higher up, they disembarked, and marched 
to Bamakoo, where they were accommodated 
with huts. 
Lamina, who with one of Dha's men accom- 
panied Mr. Dochard to Bamakoo, being directed 
