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tlie {Iroiigef!: reafon to believe ; and tlie following brief account 
of liis remarks may lead to concluiions which are neither un- 
interellinp- nor unimportant. 
From that part of the Niger v/hich forms the fouthern limit of 
the great Empire of Cafiina, to the Kingdom of Tonouwah, which 
borders on the coaft of the Chriftians, and of which the Town 
of Ailente is faid to be the capital, a fuccelTion of hills, among 
which are mountains of a ftupendous height, diverfifies or con- 
ftitutes the general face of the country. Moll of the lands are 
defcribed as already cleared, but fome particular diftrids are ftill 
incumbered with woods of a vaft extent ; and though for the moft 
part the highlands are paftured by innumerable flocks of flieep, 
and by herds of cows and goats, and the vales exhibit the capti- 
vating view of fucceffive villages, encompalTed with corn and 
rice, and fruits of various kinds, yet there are places of native 
fterility and eternal barrennefs. 
The double occupations of the fliepherd and of the hufoand- 
man compofe the general employment of the people ; while the 
cotton cloth, and the goat-lkins of the red and of the yellow 
dyes, that are offered in feveral of the tovms for fale, announce 
the 
